Garcia Lorca Elem School

Garcia Lorca Elem School is a high-enrollment primary school in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school enrolls 637 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 67% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

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

On demographics, Garcia Lorca Elem School logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 5% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Garcia Lorca Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 Garcia Lorca Elem School is one.

YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Garcia Lorca Elem School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 19.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 828 students in 2018 compared to 637 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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