Erie Elem Charter School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Erie Elem Charter School is a moderately sized primary school, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It instructs 405 students across grades K through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Erie Elem Charter School is among them.

On demographics, Erie Elem Charter School logs that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 15% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Erie Elem Charter School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.3%; this one comes in at 13.7%, -15.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Erie Elem Charter School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Erie Elem Charter School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 18.1%.

Erie Elem Charter School operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, Erie Elem Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 29.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Erie Elem Charter School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.