Walsh Elem School

Walsh Elem School operates as a small K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 245 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Walsh Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Walsh Elem School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 5% Asian, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Walsh Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Walsh Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Walsh Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Walsh Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Joseph Jungman Magnet Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walsh Elem School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Walsh Elem School's enrollment has declined 30% since 2018, when it stood at 352 (now 245). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 87% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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