Marquette Elem School

Marquette Elem School is one of the large primary schools in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 1,030 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 170% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

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

Demographically, Marquette Elem School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest reads as 26% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marquette Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.1%; this one delivers 28.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $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), Marquette Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Catalyst Charter - Maria ES, 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), Marquette Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.3%.

Marquette Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 1,169 students in 2018 compared to 1,030 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 35% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.