Ravenswood Elem School

Located at 4332 N Paulina St, in Chicago, Illinois, Ravenswood Elem School is a reasonably sized elementary campus that educates 522 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 37% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

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

On the student-mix side, Ravenswood Elem School lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Ravenswood Elem School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ravenswood Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Ravenswood Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ravenswood Elem School. On composite proficiency, Ravenswood Elem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

Ravenswood Elem School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 522 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 38% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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