Lavizzo Elem School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Lavizzo Elem School is a mid-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It enrolls 394 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Lavizzo Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lavizzo Elem School records that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lavizzo Elem School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lavizzo Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.6%; this one delivers 14.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put 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%. Lavizzo Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brooks College Prep Academy HS, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lavizzo Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lavizzo Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lavizzo Elem School's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 357 (now 394). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 98% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Lavizzo Elem School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.