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How has Hanson Park Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,125
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000720
Hanson Park Elementary School
5411 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60639 · (773) 534-3100 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,125 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
1,050 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 | 140 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 151 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (129).
Student demographics
10%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
Hanson Park Elementary School→Foreman 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
36.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.7pp since 2023
Math
25.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 17.4% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Hanson Park Elementary School
Hanson Park Elementary School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanson Park Elementary School this school | 1,125 | 93.3% | 31.2% |
| Eberhart Elementary School Chicago | 1,011 | 94.3% | 19.4% |
| Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy Chicago | 922 | 91.2% | 18.8% |
| Nightingale Elementary School Chicago | 917 | 90.6% | 24.1% |
| Sawyer Elementary School Chicago | 885 | 95.9% | 22.2% |
| Lloyd Elementary School Chicago | 844 | 91.7% | 21.7% |
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 Hanson Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,238 of 1,925 | #383 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #1,448 of 2,077 ▼ 152 | #458 of 829 ▼ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,464 of 2,077 ▲ 111 | #520 of 829 ▲ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,125 | #11 of 2,419 | #9 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #628 of 2,035 | #297 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.5% | #1,881 of 2,042 | #720 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #201 of 2,132 | #145 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #317 of 1,461 | #197 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
1,125
-116 (-9%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 640
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 | 1,125 | 92 | 12.2:1 | 93% (1,050) |
| 2023-24 | 1,150 | 87 | 13.2:1 | 92% (1,061) |
| 2022-23 | 1,146 | 87.5 | 13.1:1 | 87% (994) |
| 2020-21 | 1,241 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,483 | 82.9 | 17.9:1 | 96% (1,420) |
| 2015-16 | 1,492 | 88 | 16.9:1 | 97% (1,445) |
| 2010-11 | 1,440 | 77 | 18.7:1 | 99% (1,432) |
| 2000-01 | 1,080 | 72 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 63 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanson Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,483 to 1,125); teachers up 11% (82.9 to 92).
About Hanson Park Elementary School
Students in Chicago, Illinois, attend Hanson Park Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. There are 1,125 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 195% larger than that mark.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 324,396 students in 622 schools, and Hanson Park Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Hanson Park Elementary School, 95% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 3% Black. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
Teacher count: 92 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Roughly 93% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Hanson Park Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.2%) and its predicted rate (17.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Cook County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Hanson Park Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Prieto Math-Science Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Hanson Park Elementary School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Hanson Park Elementary School as City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,125, down from 1,241 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Hanson Park Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Prieto Math-Science Elementary School0.0 mi · 733
- Christopher House Chrt Elementary School0.2 mi · 502
- Northwest Middle School0.3 mi · 532
- Prosser Career Academy High School0.3 mi · 1,185
- Horizon Science Academy-Belmont0.4 mi · 785
- Noble St Chtr-ITW Speer Academy0.4 mi · 1,135
Frequently asked questions
About Hanson Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hanson Park Elementary School?
Hanson Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,125 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Hanson Park Elementary School serve?
Hanson Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hanson Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hanson Park Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (92 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hanson Park Elementary School?
At Hanson Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Hanson Park Elementary School public or private?
Hanson Park 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.