Henderson Elem School

As a cozy K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, Henderson Elem School teaches 246 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 381.

Henderson Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that enrolls 324,396 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Henderson Elem School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 46% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Henderson Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Henderson Elem School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 27.6%; this one comes in at 13.4%, -14.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Henderson Elem School is one campus in the mix.

CICS - Basil Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Henderson Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Henderson Elem School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Henderson Elem School has decreased 10%, going from 274 students in 2018 to 246 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 87% to 46% across the same window.

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