Wacker Elem School

Located at 9746 S Morgan St, in Chicago, Illinois, Wacker Elem School is a close-knit elementary-level community that hosts 217 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. That puts it 43% leaner 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, Wacker Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wacker Elem School lists that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Wacker Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wacker Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Wacker Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Green W Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wacker Elem School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 20.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Wacker Elem School's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 217). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Wacker Elem School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.