Wildwood Elem School

Wildwood Elem School is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 512 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 34% above the state mean of about 381.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Wildwood Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wildwood Elem School records that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wildwood Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.4%; this one delivers 64.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $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%. Wildwood Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Edgebrook Elem School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wildwood Elem School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Wildwood Elem School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 512). White enrollment moved from 63% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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