Schubert Elem School, Chicago IL

Original Research by School Decision on Schubert Elem School

Schubert Elementary sits on the Northwest Side of Chicago in a neighborhood that is overwhelmingly Hispanic. The school serves Pre-K through fifth grade, with an enrollment across that span. Just under all of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the next-largest group by far is white students, followed by smaller numbers of Black and Asian-identified students. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility data was not available.

The school's recent state assessment results in English language arts and math are low. In third grade, reading proficiency stood at just over one-fifth of students; math proficiency was similar. Fourth and fifth grades showed comparable or slightly lower results in both subjects, with fourth-grade math proficiency around one in seven students and fifth-grade reading proficiency around one in three. Fifth-grade science proficiency was under one in eight. These are well below the typical range for elementary schools statewide. Among the districts in Cook County, Schubert ranks in the bottom quartile on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. The state changed cut scores for these assessments in the 2024-25 school year, making direct comparison to prior years unavailable; a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand prior performance and what supports are in place.

The school is part of Chicago Public Schools District 299, a large urban district that has been undergoing substantial shifts in policy. The district moved away from school-choice and selective-enrollment policies in its formal strategy, and is now emphasizing neighborhood schools as the anchor of the system. CPS also replaced its long-standing numeric school ratings in late 2024 with new holistic dashboards meant to capture a broader picture than test scores alone. The district has introduced a universal curriculum called Skyline, accessible free to all schools; this is the first comprehensive district-wide curriculum in CPS history.

The neighborhood around Schubert has modest housing values for the metro area, with owner-occupied homes and rental units both affordable relative to county benchmarks. The housing market there is displaying ample supply and lower demand. Chicago itself is in the midst of modest population recovery after years of decline, and housing approvals have risen, though recent completions are concentrated downtown and along the North Lakefront rather than on the Northwest Side. The area is served by Chicago Transit Authority bus and rail lines, which connect the neighborhood to the rest of the city and are available 24 hours on some lines.

Grade-six testing data is missing because the school does not regularly serve sixth grade; it enrolled only one sixth-grader in the 2024-25 school year. Seventh- and eighth-grade results are not available, also reflecting the school's grade band of Pre-K through fifth.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 38% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 414%

School 14% · District 29% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 24% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 36% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 39% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 43% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 29% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolChicago Public Schools Dist 299, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.