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Enrollment
851
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000834
Hayt Elementary School
1518 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660 · (773) 534-2040 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
698 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 | 105 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
73%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
Hayt Elementary School→Senn 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
38.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 15.6% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Hayt Elementary School
Hayt Elementary School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayt Elementary School this school | 851 | 82.0% | 31.1% |
| Armstrong G Elementary IntL Studies Chicago | 1,304 | 84.3% | 46.6% |
| Swift Elementary Specialty School Chicago | 533 | 86.7% | 28.3% |
| Goudy Technology Academy Chicago | 491 | 82.3% | 40.8% |
| Volta Elementary School Chicago | 739 | 90.8% | 18.6% |
| West Ridge Elementary School Chicago | 683 | 84.8% | 33.1% |
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 Hayt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #1,241 of 1,925 | #385 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,491 of 2,077 ▼ 112 | #481 of 829 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,396 of 2,077 ▼ 336 | #487 of 829 ▼ 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #45 of 2,419 | #34 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #789 of 2,035 | #373 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #57 of 2,042 | #28 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #469 of 2,132 | #324 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #629 of 1,461 | #345 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
851
-59 (-6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 842
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 | 851 | 67 | 12.7:1 | 82% (698) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 58 | 14.8:1 | 82% (702) |
| 2022-23 | 887 | 57 | 15.6:1 | 82% (728) |
| 2020-21 | 910 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,010 | 59.1 | 17.1:1 | 88% (886) |
| 2015-16 | 991 | 54 | 18.4:1 | 86% (857) |
| 2010-11 | 1,000 | 49 | 20.4:1 | 93% (925) |
| 2000-01 | 1,138 | 56 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 842 | 45 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hayt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,010 to 851); teachers up 13% (59.1 to 67).
About Hayt Elementary School
Hayt Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, administered by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. There are 851 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 123% above that mark.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 324,396 students in its 622 schools, and Hayt Elementary School is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Hayt Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 39%. Other reported shares: 25% Asian, 20% Black, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 12 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hayt Elementary School scores 73%.
Hayt Elementary School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.7:1. The school's 12.7:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 16 points.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.1% for Hayt Elementary School. The school posts 31.1%, 7.0 points above the prediction.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Hayt Elementary School's nearest public school is Senn High School (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.6%; Hayt Elementary School's is 31.1%, ranking 5th of 9.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 6% across 4 years, from 910 in 2020-21 to 851 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Senn High School0.4 mi · 1,571
- Sullivan High School0.6 mi · 762
- Swift Elementary Specialty School0.6 mi · 533
- Kilmer Elementary School0.6 mi · 790
- Peirce Elementary Intl Studies School0.8 mi · 1,116
- Stone Elementary Scholastic Academy0.8 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Hayt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hayt Elementary School?
Hayt Elementary School enrolls approximately 851 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hayt Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hayt Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hayt Elementary School have?
Hayt Elementary School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Hayt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hayt Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 39% Hispanic, 20% Black, 25% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hayt Elementary School public or private?
Hayt 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.