Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter is an intimate 9-12 campus, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It serves 623 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 834.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter reports that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 4% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.8%, the actual is 28.1%, a residual of +7.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that 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%. Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is New Field Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 23.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chicago Math & Sci Elem Charter's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 623). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 54% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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