Azuela Elem School

Azuela Elem School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school teaches 690 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 81% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Azuela Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Azuela Elem School shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Azuela Elem School reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Azuela Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Azuela Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

Zooming out to the county, 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. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Azuela Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Lee Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Azuela Elem School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 888 students in 2018 compared to 690 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.