Ashe Elem School

Ashe Elem School is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, works with 387 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Ashe Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that works with 324,396 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ashe Elem School shows that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Ashe Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ashe Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put 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. Ashe Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Pirie Elem Fine Arts & Academic C is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ashe Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ashe Elem School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.2%.

Ashe Elem School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 21%: 319 students in 2018 compared to 387 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.