Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000824
Hammond Elementary School
2819 W 21st Pl, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 535-4580 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
244 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
26%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
Hammond Elementary School→Farragut Career 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
30.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.9pp since 2023
Math
13.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11.5% | 4.2% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Hammond Elementary School
Hammond Elementary School's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond Elementary School this school | 259 | 94.2% | 20.7% |
| A O Marshall Elementary School Joliet | 246 | 95.1% | 19.2% |
| Pilsen Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 217 | 92.2% | 16.3% |
| Garfield Elementary School Chicago Heights | 248 | 98.4% | 29.3% |
| Perry Elementary School Carpentersville | 278 | 90.3% | 24.1% |
| Christopher Elementary School Chicago | 315 | 95.9% | 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 Hammond Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,584 of 1,925 | #553 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,778 of 2,077 ▲ 124 | #631 of 829 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #1,653 of 2,077 ▲ 229 | #601 of 829 ▲ 143 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #1,778 of 2,419 | #728 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #26 of 2,035 | #17 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #1,478 of 2,042 | #548 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #176 of 2,132 | #131 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.1% | #50 of 1,461 | #32 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
259
-58 (-18%) vs 2020
-73% since 1990-91, when it was 944
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 | 259 | 31 | 8.3:1 | 94% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 27 | 8.4:1 | 96% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 29.5 | 8.0:1 | 92% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 98% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 98% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 99% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 28 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 944 | 41 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hammond Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (440 to 259); teachers up 35% (23 to 31).
About Hammond Elementary School
Hammond Elementary School is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrolled students number 259 students, in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
District-wide, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The large majority of students at Hammond Elementary School, 85%, are Hispanic. Next come 12% Black and 2% White. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Hammond Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
The teaching staff at Hammond Elementary School is 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 8.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. About 94% of students, or 244, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 28 points lower.
The model predicts 17.1% for a school in Illinois with Hammond Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hammond Elementary School posts 20.7%.
In the county around the school, Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hammond Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The nearest public school is YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hammond Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Hammond Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Hammond Elementary School went from 317 students to 259.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Hammond Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Hammond Elementary. Hammond Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Hammond ElementaryLaurel, MD · 763 students
- HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLODESSA, FL · 690 students
- Hammond Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 460 students
Nearby schools
- YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School0.2 mi · 174
- Telpochcalli Elementary School0.3 mi · 209
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.3 mi · 98
- Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy0.3 mi · 922
- Spry Elementary Community School0.4 mi · 317
- Spry Community Links High School0.4 mi · 82
Frequently asked questions
About Hammond Elementary SchoolHow large is Hammond Elementary School?
Hammond Elementary School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hammond Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hammond Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hammond Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hammond Elementary School is approximately 8.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hammond Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hammond Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Hammond Elementary School public or private?
Hammond Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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