Dever Elem School

Dever Elem School is one of the large elementary campuss in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 733 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 92% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Dever Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dever Elem School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 32% White, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Dever Elem School records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dever Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of -10.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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%. Dever Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is John Mills Elem School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dever Elem School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Dever Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 780 students in 2018 compared to 733 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 52% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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