Hale Elem School

Hale Elem School, a well-populated K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, caters to 791 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 108% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Hale Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hale Elem School records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 11% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hale Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 35.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Hale Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kinzie Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hale Elem School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hale Elem School has declined 15%, going from 928 students in 2018 to 791 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.