Till Elem Math & Science Academy

Till Elem Math & Science Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school hosts 370 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Till Elem Math & Science Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Till Elem Math & Science Academy shows that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Till Elem Math & Science Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Till Elem Math & Science Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Till Elem Math & Science Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.5%; this one delivers 8.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Till Elem Math & Science Academy is one.

YCCS-Progressive Leadership Acad is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 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 Till Elem Math & Science Academy at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 13.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 2% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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