Hitch Elem School

Hitch Elem School is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, serveing 495 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Hitch Elem School sits 30% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Hitch Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hitch Elem School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 37% White, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Hitch Elem School lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Hitch Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.4%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Hitch Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Taft High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hitch Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hitch Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 568 students in 2018 compared to 495 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 44% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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