Armour Elem School

Armour Elem School is a modestly sized elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school educates 255 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Armour Elem School sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Armour Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Armour Elem School shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% White, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Armour Elem School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Armour Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.9%, the actual is 39.6%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Armour Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Holden Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Armour Elem School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Armour Elem School has ticked down 9%, going from 281 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 79% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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