Christopher Elem School

Christopher Elem School is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, serveing 315 students in grades K through 8.

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

Demographically, Christopher Elem School reports that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Christopher Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Christopher Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.1%, the actual is 17.0%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Christopher Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nightingale Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 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), Christopher Elem School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 381 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.