Morrill Elem Math & Sci School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Morrill Elem Math & Sci School is a well-populated K-5 school, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It serves 600 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 57% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Morrill Elem Math & Sci School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Morrill Elem Math & Sci School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest comes out to 23% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Morrill Elem Math & Sci School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morrill Elem Math & Sci School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fairfield Elem Academy, 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), Morrill Elem Math & Sci School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.6%.

Morrill Elem Math & Sci School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Morrill Elem Math & Sci School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 654 (now 600). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 33% to 23%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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