Haugan Elem School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Haugan Elem School is a well-populated elementary-level community, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It enrolls 1,065 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 180% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Haugan Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that instructs 324,396 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Haugan Elem School logs that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Haugan Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Haugan Elem School is one.

ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Haugan Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 17%: 908 students in 2018 compared to 1,065 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.