Curtis Elem School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, Curtis Elem School educates 356 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Curtis Elem School records that nearly all students (84%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Curtis Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Curtis Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.2%, the actual is 9.4%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Curtis Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: CICS - Prairie Campus, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Curtis Elem School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 32%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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