Taylor Elem School

Located at 9912 S Avenue H, in Chicago, Illinois, Taylor Elem School is a reasonably sized elementary school that caters to 337 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Taylor Elem School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Black, 6% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 88% 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%.

With demographic context factored in, Taylor Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Taylor Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gallistel Elem Language Academy, around 0.6 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), Taylor Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 21.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Taylor Elem School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.