Hendricks Elem Community Academy

Hendricks Elem Community Academy is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, teacheing 217 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Hendricks Elem Community Academy sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hendricks Elem Community Academy logs that nearly all students (85%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Hendricks Elem Community Academy records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hendricks Elem Community Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.4%, the actual is 10.5%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hendricks Elem Community Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bronzeville Classical Elem Sch, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hendricks Elem Community Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hendricks Elem Community Academy at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 21.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hendricks Elem Community Academy has shrank 10%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 5% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.