Gary Elem School

Located at 3740 W 31st St, in Chicago, Illinois, Gary Elem School is a substantial middle school that enrolls 711 students (grades 3 through 8), operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 54% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

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

On the student-mix side, Gary Elem School reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. 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, Gary Elem School shows 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Gary Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.9%; this one delivers 23.9%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that 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%. Gary Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ortiz De Dominguez Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gary Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 23.4%.

Gary Elem School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gary Elem School's enrollment has fell 37% since 2018, when it stood at 1,120 (now 711). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Gary Elem School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.