Albany Park Multicultural Elem

Albany Park Multicultural Elem, a small middle school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, teaches 243 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 47% below typical.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Albany Park Multicultural Elem is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Albany Park Multicultural Elem shows that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 6% Asian, 4% White, 4% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 92% of students at Albany Park Multicultural Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Albany Park Multicultural Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.3%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Albany Park Multicultural Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Edison Elem Regional Gifted Cntr, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Albany Park Multicultural Elem comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 291 students in 2018 compared to 243 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.