Thorp O A Elem Scholastic Acad

Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad is one of the big elementary-level communitys in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 831 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 118% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that hosts 324,396 students overall.

On demographics, Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad logs that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad records 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad is one.

Chicago Academy Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 29.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thorp O An Elem Scholastic Acad has stayed largely flat, going from 848 students in 2018 to 831 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 48% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.