Kilmer Elem School

Kilmer Elem School is an elementary campus of expansive scale in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, hosting 790 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 107% bigger than typical.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Kilmer Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Kilmer Elem School lists that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 15% White, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, On paper, Kilmer Elem School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Kilmer Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Kilmer Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.5%, the actual is 25.1%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the area at large, 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%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Kilmer Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Sullivan High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kilmer Elem School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kilmer Elem School has grew 4%, going from 763 students in 2018 to 790 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 50% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.