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Does Chase Elem School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000659
Chase Elem School
2021 N Point St, Chicago, IL 60647 · (773) 534-4185 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
224 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Chase Elem School→Clemente Community Academy HS
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
55.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.3pp since 2023
Math
31.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
415
0 (0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.2:1
% White
22%
was 5%
% Hispanic
63%
was 90%
% Black
8%
was 3%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Goethe Elem School0.3 mi · 711
- Yates Elem School0.4 mi · 268
- Moos Elem School0.4 mi · 434
- Pulaski Intl Sch of Chicago0.5 mi · 889
- Darwin Elem School0.7 mi · 502
- CICS - Bucktown Campus0.8 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Chase Elem SchoolHow large is Chase Elem School?
Chase Elem School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Chase Elem School serve?
Chase Elem School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chase Elem School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chase Elem School is approximately 10.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chase Elem School?
At Chase Elem School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 63% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Chase Elem School in?
Chase Elem School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.