Hoyne Elem School

As a cozy elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, Hoyne Elem School caters to 230 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Hoyne Elem School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Hoyne Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Hoyne Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Hoyne Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Hoyne Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Chicago Vocational Career Acad HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hoyne Elem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Hoyne Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 253 (now 230). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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