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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000857
Hitch Elementary School
5625 N McVicker Ave, Chicago, IL 60646 · (773) 534-1189 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
248 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 39% smaller than its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
62%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
Hitch Elementary School→Taft 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
51.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.8pp since 2023
Math
29.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 22.3% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Hitch Elementary School
Hitch Elementary School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitch Elementary School this school | 495 | 50.1% | 40.4% |
| Willow Bend Elementary School Rolling Meadows | 519 | 49.9% | 39.4% |
| Conrad Fischer Elementary School Elmhurst | 584 | 51.2% | 43.8% |
| Glenbrook Elementary School Streamwood | 480 | 52.5% | 44.9% |
| Elgin Math and Science Academy Chtr Elgin | 499 | 46.5% | 38.5% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School Palatine | 567 | 44.8% | 29.6% |
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 Hitch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #904 of 1,925 | #240 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #1,308 of 2,077 ▼ 215 | #401 of 829 ▼ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #942 of 2,077 ▲ 73 | #299 of 829 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #574 of 2,419 | #278 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #958 of 2,035 | #443 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #482 of 2,042 | #183 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #1,298 of 2,132 | #605 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #766 of 1,461 | #403 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
495
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 372
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 | 495 | 37.5 | 13.2:1 | 50% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 37.5 | 13.5:1 | 48% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 46% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 27.9 | 20.4:1 | 57% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 60% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 23 | 22.5:1 | 69% (359) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 20 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hitch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (568 to 495); teachers up 35% (27.9 to 37.5).
About Hitch Elementary School
Hitch Elementary School, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 495 students. It has 30% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools; together they serve 324,396 students.
The biggest share of students at Hitch Elementary School, 48%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 37% White, 9% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. The diversity index for Hitch Elementary School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hitch Elementary School has a ratio of 13.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 42.6% at Hitch Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.4%.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Hitch Elementary School is Taft High School, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hitch Elementary School's average proficiency of 40.4% compares with 53.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Hitch Elementary School as City: Large.
The school's student count fell 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Taft High School0.6 mi · 4,487
- Farnsworth Elementary School0.7 mi · 502
- Onahan Elementary School1.0 mi · 657
- Garvy J Elementary School1.0 mi · 736
- Beard Elementary School1.1 mi · 327
- Norwood Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Hitch Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hitch Elementary School?
Hitch Elementary School enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Hitch Elementary School serve?
Hitch Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hitch Elementary School have?
Hitch Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Hitch Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hitch Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hitch Elementary School public or private?
Hitch 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.