Hayt Elem School

Hayt Elem School, a roomy primary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, instructs 851 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 123% bigger than typical.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Hayt Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Hayt Elem School lists that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 25% Asian, 20% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hayt Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.1%; this one delivers 31.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Hayt Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Senn High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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), Hayt Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.6%.

Hayt Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hayt Elem School has ticked down 16%, going from 1,010 students in 2018 to 851 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 43% to 39%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.