Linne Elem School

Linne Elem School is an expansive elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school works with 687 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 80% bigger than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Linne Elem School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Linne Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Linne Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $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 Linne Elem School is one.

Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Linne Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 665 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 86% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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