Enrollment
214
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000840
Hefferan Elementary School
4409 W Wilcox St, Chicago, IL 60624 · (773) 534-6192 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
191 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 | 17 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
34%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
Hefferan Elementary School→Marshall Metropolitan 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
12.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
3.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.4% | 3.3% |
| 2023-24 | 9.0% | 1.6% |
% 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
9.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Hefferan Elementary School
Hefferan Elementary School's state test result (9.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hefferan Elementary School this school | 214 | 89.3% | 9.2% |
| King Academy of Social Justice Chicago | 213 | 87.8% | 9.7% |
| Sherwood Elementary School Chicago | 204 | 89.7% | 16.5% |
| Dvorak Technology Academy Elementary School Chicago | 276 | 88.8% | 10.9% |
| Penn Elementary School Chicago | 218 | 85.3% | 9.3% |
| Mason Elementary School Chicago | 241 | 95.0% | 11.3% |
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 Hefferan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #1,893 of 1,925 | #744 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.3% | #2,060 of 2,077 ▼ 20 | #817 of 829 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #2,041 of 2,077 ▼ 85 | #819 of 829 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #1,999 of 2,419 | #805 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #453 of 2,035 | #243 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #1,291 of 2,042 | #477 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #294 of 2,132 | #213 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #72 of 1,461 | #49 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
214
-48 (-18%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 652
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 | 214 | 18.3 | 11.7:1 | 89% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 20 | 9.1:1 | 99% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 93% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 16.3 | 21.1:1 | 98% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 18 | 23.3:1 | 99% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 286 | 14 | 20.4:1 | 94% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 31 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 31 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hefferan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (345 to 214); teachers up 12% (16.3 to 18.3).
About Hefferan Elementary School
Hefferan Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Chicago, Illinois. The school's 214 students are in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 44% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs Hefferan Elementary School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Hefferan Elementary School is 79% Black. It is also 18% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. Hefferan Elementary School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.7:1, with 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 89% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hefferan Elementary School's results are 10.7 points below predicted: 9.2% against 20.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Hefferan Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The school nearest to Hefferan Elementary School is Legal Prep Academy Charter High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hefferan Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 262 to 214.
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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
- Legal Prep Academy Charter High School0.2 mi · 210
- YCCS-Scholastic Achievement High School0.3 mi · 117
- Tilton Elementary School0.5 mi · 244
- Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy0.5 mi · 203
- Melody Elementary School0.6 mi · 341
- Webster Elementary School0.8 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Hefferan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hefferan Elementary School?
Hefferan Elementary School enrolls approximately 214 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Hefferan Elementary School serve?
Hefferan Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hefferan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hefferan Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hefferan Elementary School?
At Hefferan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 79% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Hefferan Elementary School public or private?
Hefferan Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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