The top reported proficiency rate is 36% in Math. The lowest is 35% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on New Field Elem School
New Field Elementary serves pre-K through fourth grade in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, a mixed-income residential area on the North Side. The school enrolls a student body that is roughly equally divided between Hispanic and Black students, with smaller shares of Asian, White, and multiracial pupils. The specific enrollment numbers by race and overall school size are detailed in the data section below.
The school's state assessment results from the 2024-25 school year show proficiency rates well below where most families would want them. In third-grade math, about two in five students scored proficient. In fourth-grade math, that drops to roughly one in four. In English language arts, third graders achieved around one in three, and fourth graders about one in three as well. These results place the school below the midpoint among Cook County districts on overall proficiency. A parent may want to look into what reading and math interventions or supports the school has in place, how the school works with families on literacy at home, and whether the school has plans to address these proficiency trends. Participation rates in the assessments are high, so these are reliable accounts of how students performed.
Data on free- or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, English learner status, attendance, and staff composition are not publicly available for this school. Neither are staffing ratios, class sizes, or school discipline records. The school's website and any program offerings beyond core elementary instruction are also not in the data provided, so a parent would benefit from visiting the school, speaking with staff, and asking directly about enrichment, intervention, and support structures.
The school sits within Chicago Public Schools District 299, which recently transitioned governance: voters elected the first ten school board members in November 2024, with the remaining eleven currently appointed by the mayor, and a fully elected twenty-one-member board will take office in 2027. The district adopted a five-year strategic plan in 2024 called "Together We Rise" that deliberately shifts resources and policy toward neighborhood schools, moving away from the school-choice enrollment model that shaped CPS for decades. This shift means New Field, as a neighborhood school, may see changes in how it is staffed and supported over the coming years. The district also rolled out Skyline, a new PreK-12 curriculum in English language arts, math, science, social science, world languages, and arts starting in 2021-22; this curriculum is available at no additional school cost and now standardizes instructional materials across hundreds of CPS schools.
The Uptown neighborhood where the school is located is a densely urban, walkable part of Chicago with a strong public transit presence. The city overall is among the most walkable in the nation and offers 24-hour service on some 'L' rail lines as well as extensive bus routes. Housing in the broader Chicago area has shown modest growth, with home values and rents both rising modestly over the past year. The city has resumed population growth after a decade of decline, and the metro area is in its third consecutive year of growth. Chicago's economy is highly diversified, anchored by finance, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing sectors alongside major civic institutions like the Chicago Park District and public library system.
New Field is a regular public elementary school with no charter or magnet designation. It has no graduation rate because it serves only early grades. It is open and operational.
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