Mosaic School of Fine Arts

Located at 6710 N Washtenaw Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Mosaic School of Fine Arts is a well-populated elementary-level community that works with 746 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 96% bigger than typical.

Mosaic School of Fine Arts is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that instructs 324,396 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mosaic School of Fine Arts shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 38% Asian, 10% Black, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 89% of students at Mosaic School of Fine Arts 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mosaic School of Fine Arts performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.2%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of +7.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Mosaic School of Fine Arts is one campus in the mix.

West Ridge Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mosaic School of Fine Arts at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 843 students in 2018 compared to 746 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 26% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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