Schubert Elem School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Schubert Elem School is a medium-sized elementary-level community, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It educates 568 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Schubert Elem School sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

Schubert Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that hosts 324,396 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Schubert Elem School shows that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 4% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Schubert Elem School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Schubert Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 18.9%.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Schubert Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Hanson Park Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 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 Schubert Elem School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 755 students in 2018 compared to 568 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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