Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad

Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad is a roomy primary school in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school works with 660 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 73% larger than 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; Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad reports that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is South Shore Intl Col Prep HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 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), Bouchet Elem Math & Science Acad ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 615 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 98% to 93% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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