Ashburn Community Elem School

Ashburn Community Elem School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 324 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Ashburn Community Elem School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Ashburn Community Elem School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ashburn Community Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Ashburn Community Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Owen Elem Scholastic Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ashburn Community Elem School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 37%: 514 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 87% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.