Revere Elem School

Revere Elem School is one of the compact K-5 schools in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 184 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 52% leaner than typical.

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

Demographically, Revere Elem School logs that nearly all students (91%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Revere Elem School reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Revere Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Revere Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Revere Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Noble St Chtr-Comer College Prep, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Revere Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Revere Elem School has shrank 23%, going from 239 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 99% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.