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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000823
Hamline Elementary School
4747 S Bishop St, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 535-4565 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
570 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 | 66 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
14%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
Hamline Elementary School→Tilden Career Communty 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
17.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.3pp since 2023
Math
11.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.7% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 5.4% | 3.9% |
% 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
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Hamline Elementary School
Hamline Elementary School's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamline Elementary School this school | 582 | 97.9% | 12.9% |
| Sator Sanchez Elementary School Joliet | 635 | 97.8% | 13.9% |
| Otis P Graves Elementary School Summit | 562 | 97.0% | 27.2% |
| Nobel Elementary School Chicago | 592 | 96.3% | 18.3% |
| McCormick Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 96.6% | 18.3% |
| Hedges Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 95.6% | 17.0% |
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 Hamline Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,816 of 1,925 | #701 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #1,856 of 2,077 ▲ 60 | #680 of 829 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #1,974 of 2,077 ▲ 65 | #784 of 829 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #304 of 2,419 | #168 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #399 of 2,035 | #217 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #1,797 of 2,042 | #678 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #72 of 2,132 | #50 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #361 of 615 | #107 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
582
+63 (+12%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 929
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 | 582 | 50.5 | 11.5:1 | 98% (570) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 42.5 | 13.5:1 | 98% (561) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 97% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 24.8 | 21.9:1 | 98% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 30 | 21.4:1 | 98% (628) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 100% (690) |
| 2000-01 | 1,044 | 51 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 929 | 37 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamline Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (543 to 582); teachers up 104% (24.8 to 50.5).
About Hamline Elementary School
Hamline Elementary School is a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Federal data show 582 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 53% larger than that mark.
Hamline Elementary School is in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district with 324,396 students across 622 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Hamline Elementary School is Hispanic, at 93%. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. The diversity index for Hamline Elementary School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 11.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hamline Elementary School, which has 50.5. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 2.4 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hamline Elementary School is about 98%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Hamline Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (12.9%) and its predicted rate (15.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Hamline Elementary School is Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy Ct, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Hamline Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 12.9% versus a 19.9% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The school's student count rose 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 Hamline Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hamline Elementary. Hamline Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Hamline Elementary SchoolSAINT PAUL, MN · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy Ct0.2 mi · 784
- Richards Career Academy High School0.3 mi · 348
- Seward Elementary Communication Arts Ac0.4 mi · 390
- Lara Elementary Academy0.6 mi · 362
- Hedges Elementary School0.6 mi · 502
- Daley Elementary Academy0.7 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Hamline Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hamline Elementary School?
Hamline Elementary School enrolls approximately 582 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Hamline Elementary School serve?
Hamline Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hamline Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hamline Elementary School is approximately 11.5:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamline Elementary School?
At Hamline Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Hamline Elementary School public or private?
Hamline Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.