Hibbard Elem School

Hibbard Elem School operates as a heavily attended K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 924 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Hibbard Elem School sits 143% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Hibbard Elem School shows that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 8% White, 5% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hibbard Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Hibbard Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Edison Elem Regional Gifted Cntr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hibbard Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 994 students in 2018 compared to 924 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.