Haines Elem School

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, Haines Elem School serves 461 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

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

Looking at the student body, Haines Elem School reports that nearly all students (84%) are Asian; the rest consists of 9% Black, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Haines Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 26.2%; Haines Elem School posts 68.9%, +42.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Haines Elem School is one campus in the mix.

National Teachers Elem Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Haines Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Haines Elem School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

Haines Elem School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Haines Elem School has fell 33%, going from 687 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 15% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Haines Elem School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.