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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Hurley Elem School this year?
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Enrollment
748
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000866
Hurley Elementary School
3849 W 69th Pl, Chicago, IL 60629 · (773) 535-2068 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL748 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
671 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 | 53 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (81).
Student demographics
5%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
Hurley Elementary School→Bogan 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
51.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 15.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Hurley Elementary School
Hurley Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurley Elementary School this school | 748 | 89.7% | 37.0% |
| Peck Elementary School Chicago | 777 | 91.4% | 28.8% |
| Monarcas Academy Chicago | 797 | 91.5% | 40.3% |
| Prieto Math-Science Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 88.1% | 25.7% |
| Sandoval Elementary School Chicago | 736 | 91.7% | 29.5% |
| Abe Lincoln Elementary School Cicero | 717 | 92.2% | 36.3% |
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 Hurley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,012 of 1,925 | #282 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #1,364 of 2,077 ▲ 22 | #422 of 829 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #968 of 2,077 ▲ 124 | #309 of 829 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 748 | #89 of 2,419 | #60 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,315 of 2,035 | #589 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.5% | #1,987 of 2,042 | #782 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #285 of 2,132 | #206 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #896 of 1,461 | #454 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
748
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 467
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 | 748 | 52.5 | 14.3:1 | 90% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 47.5 | 15.0:1 | 90% (643) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 89% (637) |
| 2020-21 | 779 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 834 | 30.4 | 27.4:1 | 92% (769) |
| 2015-16 | 857 | 39 | 22.0:1 | 94% (808) |
| 2010-11 | 842 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 91% (765) |
| 2000-01 | 1,119 | 51 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 23 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hurley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (834 to 748); teachers up 73% (30.4 to 52.5).
About Hurley Elementary School
Hurley Elementary School is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, reachable at (773) 535-2068. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 748 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
The 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enroll 324,396 students altogether, Hurley Elementary School among them.
The student body at Hurley Elementary School is 97% Hispanic. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 70 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 5% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hurley Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 90%. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Hurley Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 37.0%. Predicted: 19.7%. Difference: 17.3 points.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The nearest public school is Tarkington Elementary School, at about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Hurley Elementary School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Over 4 years, Hurley Elementary School's enrollment dropped 4%, to 748.
Discussions about Hurley Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Hurley Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Hurley Elementary. Hurley Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Hurley ElementaryVisalia, CA · 574 students
- Hurley ElementarySalisbury, NC · 466 students
- Hurley ElementaryLa Puente, CA · 387 students
- Hurley ElementaryHurley, WI · 235 students
- HURLEY ELEM.HURLEY, MO · 124 students
Nearby schools
- Tarkington Elementary School0.7 mi · 791
- Eberhart Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,011
- Lee Elementary School0.8 mi · 581
- Hubbard High School0.9 mi · 1,710
- Hampton Elementary Fine & Perf Arts School1.0 mi · 463
- Goode STEM Academy High School1.1 mi · 991
Frequently asked questions
About Hurley Elementary SchoolHow large is Hurley Elementary School?
Hurley Elementary School enrolls approximately 748 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hurley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hurley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hurley Elementary School have?
Hurley Elementary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Hurley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hurley Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Hurley Elementary School public or private?
Hurley 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.