Canty Elem School

Canty Elem School, a heavily attended elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, hosts 791 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 108% above typical.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Canty Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Canty Elem School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 41% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Canty Elem School shows 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Canty 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 41.4%; Canty Elem School posts 55.7%, +14.3 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Canty Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Dever Elem School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Canty Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

Canty Elem School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Canty Elem School's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 855 (now 791). White enrollment moved from 52% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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