Joseph E Hill Education Center

As a modestly sized primary school in Evanston, Illinois, Joseph E Hill Education Center serves 258 students from grade pre-K, overseen by Evanston CCSD 65. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Evanston CCSD 65 comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,136 students; Joseph E Hill Education Center is among them.

On demographics, Joseph E Hill Education Center records that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 17% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Joseph E Hill Education Center is one.

Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph E Hill Education Center.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 350 students in 2018 compared to 258 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 41% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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