Webster Elem School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Webster Elem School is a cozy primary school, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It educates 183 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 52% below typical.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Webster Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Webster Elem School logs that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Webster Elem School lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Webster Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.4%; this one delivers 31.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Webster Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Frazier Perspectives Magnet ES, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Webster Elem School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 17.1%.

Webster Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Webster Elem School has edged down 38%, going from 296 students in 2018 to 183 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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