Ogden Elem School

Ogden Elem School operates as a well-populated elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 819 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 115% larger than typical.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Ogden Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ogden Elem School records that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 17% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 204.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Ogden Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $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. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Ogden Elem School is one.

Salazar Elem Bilingual Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ogden Elem School. On composite proficiency, Ogden Elem School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

Ogden Elem School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 810 students in 2018 compared to 819 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 19% to 45% over that span.

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