Blaine Elem School

Located at 1420 W Grace St, in Chicago, Illinois, Blaine Elem School is a sprawling primary school that instructs 639 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Blaine Elem School sits 68% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Blaine Elem School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Blaine Elem School logs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 10% 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 noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Blaine Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 65.5%; Blaine Elem School posts 79.7%, +14.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Blaine Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lake View High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blaine Elem School. On composite proficiency, Blaine Elem School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 885 students in 2018 compared to 639 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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