Sadlowski Elementary School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Sadlowski Elementary School is a roomy K-5 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It hosts 655 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% larger than the state mean of about 381.

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

Demographically, Sadlowski Elementary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 5% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Sadlowski Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sadlowski Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sadlowski Elementary School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Gallistel Elem Language Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sadlowski Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 25.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sadlowski Elementary School has expanded 27%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 655 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 96% to 90%.

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