Vick Early Childhood & Family Ctr

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Vick Early Childhood & Family Ctr is a medium-sized primary school, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It hosts 417 students across grade pre-K.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Vick Early Childhood & Family Ctr is among them.

On the student-mix side, Vick Early Childhood & Family Ctr lists that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Vick Early Childhood & Family Ctr is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clissold Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vick Early Childhood & Family Ctr.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vick Early Childhood & Family Ctr has increased 46%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 34% across the same window.

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