Graham A Elem School

Graham An Elem School, a moderately sized primary school in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, teaches 344 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

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

Demographically, Graham An Elem School lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% White, 15% Black, 2% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, On paper, Graham An Elem School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Graham An Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Graham An Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Tilden Career Communty Academy HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Graham An Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Graham An Elem School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 20.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 48% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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