Skinner North Elem Sch

Skinner North Elem Sch operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 515 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Skinner North Elem Sch is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that works with 324,396 students overall.

On demographics, Skinner North Elem Sch reports that the largest single group is Asian at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 24% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, Skinner North Elem Sch shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 12% of students at Skinner North Elem Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Skinner North Elem Sch ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.6%; Skinner North Elem Sch posts 95.2%, +30.6 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Skinner North Elem Sch is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Skinner Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Skinner North Elem Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Skinner North Elem Sch's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 515). Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 32% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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