Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000864
Hoyne Elementary School
8905 S Crandon Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6425 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
160 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
6%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
47.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.5pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% | 16.9% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Hoyne Elementary School
Hoyne Elementary School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyne Elementary School this school | 230 | 69.6% | 33.9% |
| Pirie Elementary Fine Arts & Academic C Chicago | 216 | 72.7% | 17.2% |
| Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School Chicago | 195 | 71.3% | 47.5% |
| Green W Elementary School Chicago | 267 | 72.3% | 24.8% |
| Carter Elementary School Chicago | 279 | 70.6% | 12.6% |
| Woodgate Elementary School Matteson | 260 | 72.7% | 33.7% |
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 Hoyne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #1,130 of 1,925 | #335 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,339 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #411 of 829 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,108 of 2,077 ▲ 249 | #365 of 829 ▲ 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #1,926 of 2,419 | #779 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #393 of 2,035 | #212 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #1,976 of 2,042 | #776 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #750 of 2,132 | #462 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #962 of 1,461 | #479 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
230
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 221
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 | 230 | 20 | 11.5:1 | 70% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 76% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 14.5 | 15.7:1 | 74% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 12.8 | 19.7:1 | 79% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 12 | 21.4:1 | 84% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 17 | 16.3:1 | 87% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 13 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 221 | 11 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoyne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (253 to 230); teachers up 56% (12.8 to 20).
About Hoyne Elementary School
Hoyne Elementary School is a small elementary school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, located in Chicago, Illinois. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 230 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
Enrollment across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 totals 324,396 students.
The share of Black students at Hoyne Elementary School is 97%. The school's Black share is 75 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. The diversity index for Hoyne Elementary School is 6%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 11.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hoyne Elementary School, which has 20. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hoyne Elementary School is about 70%.
In Illinois, Hoyne Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 33.9% actual against a predicted 31.3%.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Hoyne Elementary School.
Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hoyne Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.9% against a local average of 20.9%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment went from 226 in 2020-21 to 230 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students.
On allk12, people connected to Hoyne Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School0.4 mi · 673
- Black Magnet Elementary School0.5 mi · 336
- Warren Elementary School0.5 mi · 317
- Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus0.5 mi · 285
- Bowen High School0.5 mi · 278
- Coles Elementary Language Academy0.6 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Hoyne Elementary SchoolHow large is Hoyne Elementary School?
Hoyne Elementary School enrolls approximately 230 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hoyne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hoyne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Hoyne Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Hoyne Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hoyne Elementary School?
At Hoyne Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Hoyne Elementary School?
Hoyne Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.