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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000815
Haines Elementary School
247 W 23rd Pl, Chicago, IL 60616 · (773) 534-9200 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
362 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 45% smaller than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Haines Elementary School→Phillips Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
72.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.1pp since 2023
Math
73.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 73.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 58.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+42.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 43 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Haines Elementary School
Haines Elementary School's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haines Elementary School this school | 461 | 78.5% | 68.9% |
| Ward J Elementary School Chicago | 500 | 79.0% | 60.8% |
| Healy Elementary School Chicago | 1,194 | 79.2% | 67.7% |
| Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 528 | 53.8% | 69.5% |
| Clinton Elementary School Chicago | 1,050 | 89.0% | 30.3% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Niles | 489 | 66.5% | 40.2% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Haines Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #142 of 1,925 | #51 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #161 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #63 of 829 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #283 of 2,077 ▲ 129 | #106 of 829 ▲ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #703 of 2,419 | #328 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,226 of 2,035 | #544 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #1,439 of 2,042 | #535 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #548 of 2,132 | #373 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #125 of 1,461 | #81 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
461
-142 (-24%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 461 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 79% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 37 | 13.0:1 | 83% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 85% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 32.9 | 20.9:1 | 89% (611) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 34 | 19.3:1 | 92% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 35 | 20.2:1 | 96% (681) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 38 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haines Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (687 to 461); teachers unchanged (32.9 to 33).
About Haines Elementary School
Haines Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, administered by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school counted 461 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. That is 21% larger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
A total of 622 schools make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
At Haines Elementary School, 84% of students are Asian. Smaller groups are 9% Black and 5% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 8% Asian. The diversity index for Haines Elementary School is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Haines Elementary School, which has 33. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Haines Elementary School is about 79%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Haines Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 68.9%; the prediction is 26.2%.
Cook County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Haines Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, National Teachers Elementary Academy is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Haines Elementary School. Haines Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 24%, from 603 to 461.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Haines Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Haines Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Haines Elementary. Haines Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Haines Elementary SchoolNew Lenox, IL · 358 students
- Haines ElementaryHaines, AK · 153 students
- Haines Elementary SchoolBaker City, OR · 140 students
Nearby schools
- National Teachers Elementary Academy0.3 mi · 795
- Ward J Elementary School0.4 mi · 500
- Drake Elementary School0.5 mi · 302
- Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus0.5 mi · 313
- Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy0.5 mi · 528
- YCCS-McKinley-Lakeside Leadership0.7 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Haines Elementary SchoolHow large is Haines Elementary School?
Haines Elementary School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Haines Elementary School serve?
Haines Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Haines Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Haines Elementary School.
How diverse is Haines Elementary School?
Haines Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 9% Black, 84% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Haines Elementary School?
Haines Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.