Rudolph Elem Learning Center

As a minimally staffed primary school in Chicago, Illinois, Rudolph Elem Learning Center serves 22 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. That puts it 94% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Rudolph Elem Learning Center shows that Black students make up the majority at 59%; the rest reads as 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Rudolph Elem Learning Center logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 1.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Rudolph Elem Learning Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: William Brown Magnet Elem School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rudolph Elem Learning Center.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rudolph Elem Learning Center has fell 78%, going from 100 students in 2018 to 22 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 40% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 1.5:1 today.

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