Bateman Elem School

Bateman Elem School is a large K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school serves 904 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Bateman Elem School sits 137% above that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Bateman Elem School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 20% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Bateman Elem School shows 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bateman Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 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 Bateman Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cleveland Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bateman Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.1%.

Bateman Elem School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 1,008 students in 2018 compared to 904 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 80% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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