Stowe Elem School

Stowe Elem School operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 558 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 46% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Stowe Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Stowe Elem School records that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 8% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Stowe Elem School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stowe Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.0%.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Stowe Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Funston Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stowe Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stowe Elem School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 22.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Stowe Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 558). Class-load math has tightened: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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