Hurley Elem School

Hurley Elem School is one of the expansive K-5 schools in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 748 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 96% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Hurley Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hurley Elem School shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Hurley Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 19.7%; actual is 37.0%, +17.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Hurley Elem School is one.

Tarkington Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hurley Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hurley Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 834 (now 748). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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