Piccolo Elem Specialty School

Piccolo Elem Specialty School, a substantial elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, instructs 643 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 69% bigger than typical.

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

Demographically, Piccolo Elem Specialty School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder is composed of 31% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Piccolo Elem Specialty School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Piccolo Elem Specialty School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.3%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of +1.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Piccolo Elem Specialty School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nobel Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Piccolo Elem Specialty School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 15.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Piccolo Elem Specialty School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 643). Black enrollment moved from 49% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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