Carter Elem School

Carter Elem School operates as a tight-knit elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Carter Elem School sits 27% below that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carter Elem School lists that nearly all students (95%) are Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Carter Elem School reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Carter Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.7%; Carter Elem School posts 12.6%, -18.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put 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%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Carter Elem School is one.

CICS - Washington Pk Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 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), Carter Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 17.8%.

Carter Elem School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Carter Elem School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.