Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000836
Hearst Elementary School
4640 S Lamon Ave, Chicago, IL 60638 · (773) 535-2376 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
241 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
48%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
Hearst Elementary School→Kennedy 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
22.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
10.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.3% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 9.4% |
% 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
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Hearst Elementary School
Hearst Elementary School's state test result (15.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearst Elementary School this school | 285 | 84.6% | 15.2% |
| Paul Revere Primary School Blue Island | 318 | 83.6% | 27.9% |
| West Elementary School Zion | 339 | 84.4% | 11.7% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Zion | 336 | 87.5% | 13.3% |
| Yates Elementary School Chicago | 268 | 88.1% | 18.5% |
| Lowell Elementary School Chicago | 311 | 88.7% | 19.3% |
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 Hearst Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,747 of 1,925 | #654 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #1,872 of 2,077 ▼ 222 | #690 of 829 ▼ 118 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,872 of 2,077 ▼ 105 | #732 of 829 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #1,629 of 2,419 | #668 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #47 of 2,035 | #30 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #968 of 2,042 | #354 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #411 of 2,132 | #291 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #393 of 1,461 | #240 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
285
+15 (+6%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 806
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 | 285 | 32 | 8.9:1 | 85% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 85% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 27.5 | 11.0:1 | 85% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 21.9 | 16.6:1 | 93% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 95% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 17 | 20.7:1 | 97% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 923 | 42 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 806 | 46 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hearst Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (363 to 285); teachers up 46% (21.9 to 32).
About Hearst Elementary School
Hearst Elementary School is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school counted 285 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. That is 25% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Enrollment across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 totals 324,396 students.
About 65% of the student body at Hearst Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 32% Black and 3% White. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
Its ratio of 8.9:1 is based on 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Hearst Elementary School is 7.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 15.2% actual, 22.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Academy for Global Citizenship sits about 0.3 miles from Hearst Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 25.0% proficiency; Hearst Elementary School posts 15.2%.
Hearst Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The school's enrollment increased 6% from 2020-21 to 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
Other Hearst Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hearst Elementary. Hearst Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Hearst ElementarySan Diego, CA · 527 students
- Hearst Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Academy for Global Citizenship0.3 mi · 486
- Charles J Sahs Elementary School0.8 mi · 262
- Acero Chtr Netrk - Major Garcia0.8 mi · 666
- Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress0.8 mi · 528
- Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School0.8 mi · 532
- Twain Elementary School0.9 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Hearst Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hearst Elementary School?
Hearst Elementary School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hearst Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hearst Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hearst Elementary School have?
Hearst Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
How diverse is Hearst Elementary School?
Hearst Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 65% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Hearst Elementary School?
Hearst Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.