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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000899
Hughes L Elementary School
240 W 104th St, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5075 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
375 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 | 114 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
23%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
24.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.4pp since 2023
Math
5.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 5.6% |
| 2023-24 | 9.4% | 1.3% |
% 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
13.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 Hughes L Elementary School
Hughes L Elementary School's state test result (13.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes L Elementary School this school | 431 | 87.0% | 13.0% |
| Wadsworth Elementary School Chicago | 487 | 87.5% | 16.6% |
| Lavizzo Elementary School Chicago | 394 | 89.8% | 14.9% |
| LEARN Chtr - South Chicago Campus Chicago | 390 | 88.2% | 30.6% |
| Carroll Elementary School Chicago | 411 | 86.1% | 27.6% |
| John J Pershing Magnet Elementary Chicago | 439 | 83.1% | 18.6% |
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 Hughes L Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,811 of 1,925 | #698 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.6% | #2,015 of 2,077 ▲ 37 | #786 of 829 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,812 of 2,077 ▲ 131 | #697 of 829 ▲ 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #841 of 2,419 | #374 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #264 of 2,035 | #145 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #1,538 of 2,042 | #576 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #360 of 2,132 | #256 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #1,168 of 1,461 | #555 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
431
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 384
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 | 431 | 39.5 | 10.9:1 | 87% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 42.3 | 9.9:1 | 93% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 41.5 | 11.1:1 | 97% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 86% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 93% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 98% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 27 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hughes L Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (456 to 431); teachers up 27% (31 to 39.5).
About Hughes L Elementary School
Hughes L Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 431 students.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Black students make up 87% of enrollment at Hughes L Elementary School. Other students are 12% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hughes L Elementary School and a ratio of 10.9:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 87% of students. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Test results at Hughes L Elementary School are 8.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (13.0% actual, 21.3% predicted).
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Hughes L Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Lavizzo Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hughes L Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 431, a 5% rise from 412 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Nearby schools
- Lavizzo Elementary School0.6 mi · 394
- Fernwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 259
- Bennett Elementary School0.7 mi · 312
- Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School0.8 mi · 206
- Evers Elementary School0.9 mi · 233
- Garvey M Elementary School0.9 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Hughes L Elementary SchoolHow large is Hughes L Elementary School?
Hughes L Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Hughes L Elementary School serve?
Hughes L Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hughes L Elementary School have?
Hughes L Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Hughes L Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hughes L Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 12% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hughes L Elementary School in?
Hughes L Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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