Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl

Located at 834 E 50th St, in Chicago, Illinois, Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl is a mid-sized elementary-level community that works with 356 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.1%; actual is 12.5%, a gap of -20.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Bronzeville Academy Charter Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 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 Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 20.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl has increased 44%, going from 247 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 99% to 91% across the same window.

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