Chase Elem School

Chase Elem School is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 415 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Chase Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Chase Elem School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 22% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chase Elem School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Chase Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 39.9%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Chase Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Goethe Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chase Elem School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chase Elem School has changed only slightly, going from 415 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 90% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.