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How has Hibbard Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
924
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000854
Hibbard Elementary School
3244 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625 · (773) 534-5191 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL924 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
803 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 105 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 114 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
32%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
Hibbard Elementary School→Roosevelt 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
26.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 15.2% | 8.8% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Hibbard Elementary School
Hibbard Elementary School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hibbard Elementary School this school | 924 | 86.9% | 23.0% |
| Haugan Elementary School Chicago | 1,065 | 86.9% | 20.0% |
| Locke J Elementary School Chicago | 1,089 | 86.3% | 26.3% |
| Gray Elementary School Chicago | 1,000 | 79.1% | 31.7% |
| Falconer Elementary School Chicago | 846 | 90.4% | 29.5% |
| Stevenson Elementary School Chicago | 1,206 | 84.8% | 29.0% |
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 Hibbard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,511 of 1,925 | #511 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #1,526 of 2,077 ▲ 146 | #499 of 829 ▲ 83 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,761 of 2,077 ▼ 13 | #667 of 829 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 924 | #27 of 2,419 | #23 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,305 of 2,035 | #584 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #1,344 of 2,042 | #500 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #365 of 2,132 | #260 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #1,076 of 1,461 | #523 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
924
+22 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 900
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 | 924 | 65 | 14.2:1 | 87% (803) |
| 2023-24 | 915 | 63.5 | 14.4:1 | 87% (796) |
| 2022-23 | 900 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 85% (765) |
| 2020-21 | 902 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 994 | 51.7 | 19.2:1 | 95% (941) |
| 2015-16 | 1,092 | 64 | 17.1:1 | 94% (1,030) |
| 2010-11 | 1,198 | 61 | 19.6:1 | 100% (1,195) |
| 2000-01 | 1,365 | 63 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 900 | 44 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hibbard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (994 to 924); teachers up 26% (51.7 to 65).
About Hibbard Elementary School
Hibbard Elementary School is a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, (ZIP code 60625). Its 924 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 143% bigger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has a total of 622 schools and 324,396 students, Hibbard Elementary School among them.
About 82% of the student body at Hibbard Elementary School is Hispanic. Other students are 8% White, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 27% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 14.2:1 comes from the school's 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The lunch program counts 87% of students at Hibbard Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Hibbard Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.0% is 1.6 points above the 21.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
Of nearby public schools, Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Cntr is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hibbard Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hibbard Elementary School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 902 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 924.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Hibbard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hibbard Elementary. Hibbard Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- HIBBARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLREXBURG, ID · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Cntr0.0 mi · 265
- Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School0.0 mi · 243
- Von Steuben Metro Science High School0.2 mi · 1,698
- Roosevelt High School0.5 mi · 1,144
- North River Elementary School0.7 mi · 315
- ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus0.7 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Hibbard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hibbard Elementary School?
Hibbard Elementary School enrolls approximately 924 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Hibbard Elementary School serve?
Hibbard Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hibbard Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Hibbard Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hibbard Elementary School?
At Hibbard Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Hibbard Elementary School public or private?
Hibbard Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.