Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences

As a cozy primary school in Chicago, Illinois, Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences enrolls 280 students from 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 27% smaller than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences logs that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 3% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.4%; Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences posts 43.9%, +14.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put 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. Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 21.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 48%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 280 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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