Bass Elem School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Bass Elem School is a compact primary school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It caters to 313 students across grades pre-K through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, Bass Elem School records that nearly all students (89%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 98% of students at Bass Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bass Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Bass Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Mays Elem Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bass Elem School. On composite proficiency, Bass Elem School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 17.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bass Elem School has shrank 30%, going from 446 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 98% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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