Jahn Elem School

Jahn Elem School is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, instructing 360 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Jahn Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Jahn Elem School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jahn Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.5%.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Jahn Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Burley Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jahn Elem School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jahn Elem School has rose 17%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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