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Which teacher or staff member at Hamilton Elem School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000822
Hamilton Elementary School
1650 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 · (773) 534-5484 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
57 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
48%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
Hamilton Elementary School→Lake View 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
76.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
69.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 56.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Hamilton Elementary School
Hamilton Elementary School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Elementary School this school | 486 | 11.7% | 72.2% |
| Roslyn Road Elementary School Barrington | 447 | 12.5% | 70.1% |
| Wasco Elementary School Wasco | 466 | 13.3% | 67.7% |
| Arnett C Lines Elementary School Barrington | 501 | 14.0% | 74.7% |
| Wiesbrook Elementary School Wheaton | 496 | 11.9% | 69.7% |
| Alice Gustafson Elementary School Batavia | 403 | 14.1% | 60.3% |
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 Hamilton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #96 of 1,925 | #36 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #225 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #83 of 829 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #198 of 2,077 ▼ 26 | #82 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #603 of 2,419 | #292 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,032 of 2,035 | #470 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #954 of 2,042 | #346 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #2,076 of 2,132 | #785 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #571 of 615 | #172 of 186 |
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
486
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 476
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 | 486 | 36.3 | 13.4:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 33.5 | 13.5:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 28.6 | 16.8:1 | 15% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 55% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (481 to 486); teachers up 27% (28.6 to 36.3).
About Hamilton Elementary School
Hamilton Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Chicago, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 486 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 28% higher.
Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, Hamilton Elementary School is one of 622 schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
Hamilton Elementary School is 70% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Cook County's population at about 44%. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.4 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 12%. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.8%. Hamilton Elementary School scores 72.2%.
Cook County census figures show that the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Blaine Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hamilton Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 476 in 2020-21, 486 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hamilton Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Hamilton Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 17 states are named Hamilton Elementary. Hamilton Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 28.
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolMoline, IL · 560 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolHamilton, IL · 384 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 1,028 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 999 students
- Hamilton ElementaryFresno, CA · 811 students
Nearby schools
- Blaine Elementary School0.5 mi · 639
- Jahn Elementary School0.5 mi · 360
- Burley Elementary School0.5 mi · 494
- Audubon Elementary School0.6 mi · 606
- Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy0.7 mi · 642
- Lake View High School0.7 mi · 1,431
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hamilton Elementary School?
Hamilton Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hamilton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Hamilton Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Hamilton Elementary School.
How diverse is Hamilton Elementary School?
Hamilton Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Hamilton Elementary School?
Hamilton 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.