Lowell Elem School

Lowell Elem School, a compact elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, educates 311 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Lowell Elem School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lowell Elem School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at Lowell Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lowell Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows 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%. Lowell Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Casals Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. 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), Lowell Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 17.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowell Elem School has contracted 30%, going from 447 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 20% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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