Sauganash Elem School

Sauganash Elem School, a sprawling elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, educates 693 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 82% bigger than typical.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Sauganash Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sauganash Elem School records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sauganash Elem School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sauganash Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.0%, the actual is 72.8%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Sauganash Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Edgebrook Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sauganash Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Sauganash Elem School's enrollment has grew 15% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 693). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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