Mitchell Elem School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Mitchell Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It caters to 446 students across grades pre-K through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, Mitchell Elem School logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 30% of students at Mitchell Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Mitchell Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Mitchell Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Chopin Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mitchell Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mitchell Elem School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 25.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 12%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.