Lovett Elem School

As an average-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, Lovett Elem School instructs 342 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

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

On the student-mix side, Lovett Elem School reports that Black students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder breaks down as 26% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lovett Elem School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Lovett Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.4%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows 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 Lovett Elem School is one.

Burbank Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lovett Elem School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lovett Elem School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 376 (now 342). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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