Finkl Elem School

Located at 2332 S Western Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Finkl Elem School is a compact K-5 school that hosts 240 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Finkl Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that serves 324,396 students overall.

On demographics, Finkl Elem School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Finkl Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.8%; this one delivers 21.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Finkl Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

IHSCA Charter High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Finkl Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Finkl Elem School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 18.7%.

Finkl Elem School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 240 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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