McCormick Elem School

Located at 2712 S Sawyer Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, McCormick Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that educates 502 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

McCormick Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that teaches 324,396 students overall.

Demographically, McCormick Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at McCormick Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, McCormick Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.7%; this one delivers 18.3%.

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), McCormick Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Madero Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McCormick Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McCormick Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 15.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McCormick Elem School has declined 30%, going from 719 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for McCormick Elem School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.