McCutcheon Elem School

McCutcheon Elem School is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 326 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

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

Demographically, McCutcheon Elem School reports that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% White, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, McCutcheon Elem School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting McCutcheon Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, McCutcheon Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.6%.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), McCutcheon Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Goudy Technology Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McCutcheon Elem School. On composite proficiency, McCutcheon Elem School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McCutcheon Elem School has decreased 12%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 44% to 50%. Class-load math has fell: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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