Healy Elem School

As an expansive elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, Healy Elem School enrolls 1,194 students from grades K through 8, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. That puts it 213% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Healy Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Healy Elem School records that 74% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 8% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Healy Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Healy Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.8%; Healy Elem School posts 67.7%, +41.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Healy Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Sheridan Elem Math & Science Acad, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Healy Elem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Healy Elem School has decreased 16%, going from 1,420 students in 2018 to 1,194 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 68% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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