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Hamline Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1859th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 10% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Hamline Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 573 students enrolled. The school faces significant challenges, as it consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools and struggles with low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Hamline Elementary School's academic performance is significantly below the district and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 17.7% of Hamline students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 42.8% for the Chicago Public Schools District 299 and 53.1% for the state. Math proficiency is even lower, with only 11.3% of Hamline students reaching proficiency, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school's performance lags behind nearby schools, such as Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy and CICS - Basil Campus, which significantly outperform Hamline in both English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Hamline Elementary School also faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with 97.91% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 41.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages. These challenges suggest that Hamline could benefit from targeted interventions and support in areas such as instructional quality, student engagement, and addressing the needs of specific student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with special needs.

582
Students ?
11.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,489
Per pupil spending ?
97.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4747 S Bishop St
       Chicago, IL  60609-4206

(773) 535-4565

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Hamline Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Tilden Career Communty Academy High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
92.6%
African American:
5.7%
White:
0.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (12% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (42% vs 25% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school12%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,859th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 10%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,344th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
351st of 451Elementary Schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299
698th of 811Chicago Public Schools District 299 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.51859 of 20569.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.61988 of 20673.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.12043 of 20771.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.91956 of 20826.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.91862 of 19484.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.31874 of 208610.2%★☆☆☆☆
201818.61705 of 203716.3%★☆☆☆☆
201711.51913 of 20446.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201614.81831 of 204610.5%★☆☆☆☆
201514.11868 of 20529.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20148.31998 of 20934.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201319.41813 of 216716.3%★☆☆☆☆
201216.61918 of 216611.4%★☆☆☆☆
201113.11943 of 21479.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201014.51904 of 213911.0%★☆☆☆☆
200915.71869 of 212011.8%★☆☆☆☆
200812.71875 of 209210.4%★☆☆☆☆
200717.31833 of 209512.5%★☆☆☆☆
200612.61882 of 20869.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200515.11778 of 202212.1%★☆☆☆☆
20043.41941 of 20304.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20032.71944 of 20203.8%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202526.8651 of 78817.4%★☆☆☆☆
202424.8745 of 8269.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.3773 of 7881.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.4728 of 7685.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202134.2386 of 53728.1%★☆☆☆☆
201934.4538 of 74327.6%★☆☆☆☆
201839.3437 of 71839.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.21839 of 19425.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.81922 of 19421.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.31945 of 19570.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.01894 of 19703.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.91583 of 16805.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.81610 of 201920.3%★☆☆☆☆
201823.01539 of 196421.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.3876 of 98210.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.9915 of 9594.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.7962 of 9700.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.0925 of 9543.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.0724 of 7422.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.2881 of 9557.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.8761 of 93818.9%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.81546 of 180014.1%★☆☆☆☆
202417.21679 of 17936.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.41777 of 18081.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.41637 of 17637.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.31406 of 15147.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.21512 of 181616.7%★☆☆☆☆
201829.11332 of 176524.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.51635 of 194716.0%★☆☆☆☆
202416.01722 of 195912.1%★☆☆☆☆
202312.11896 of 19844.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.21796 of 19779.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.61647 of 17073.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.81910 of 20195.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.61720 of 197212.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202222.21024 of 11138.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201827.6576 of 76324.5%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20258.41344 of 13681.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.81336 of 13632.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.41270 of 13677.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.91043 of 136923.8%★☆☆☆☆
202116.71087 of 124112.4%★☆☆☆☆
20199.41312 of 13563.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.31081 of 129316.4%★☆☆☆☆
201713.71183 of 12938.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201622.21056 of 129418.4%★☆☆☆☆
201517.71113 of 130214.5%★☆☆☆☆
20148.91243 of 13226.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201322.01122 of 136717.9%★☆☆☆☆
201222.21146 of 136516.0%★☆☆☆☆
201132.71022 of 134424.0%★☆☆☆☆
201010.61213 of 13278.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200911.01200 of 13189.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200810.51164 of 129310.0%★☆☆☆☆
20076.31216 of 12875.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20063.11236 of 12722.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20054.91130 of 12096.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20045.31141 of 12045.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20035.71122 of 11855.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.6673 of 6943.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.9456 of 4835.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.5475 of 4862.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202330.0397 of 48017.3%★☆☆☆☆
202239.5267 of 45441.2%★★☆☆☆
202145.2118 of 27757.4%★★★☆☆
201929.5303 of 33910.6%★☆☆☆☆
201835.9191 of 28533.0%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20257.81222 of 12482.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.71206 of 12513.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.11171 of 12758.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202227.3908 of 128629.4%★☆☆☆☆
202123.8792 of 101722.1%★☆☆☆☆
20199.11230 of 12763.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.11144 of 12266.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20258.9664 of 6690.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.4636 of 6431.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.8636 of 6613.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202225.5533 of 66219.5%★☆☆☆☆
202119.7470 of 5179.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.7632 of 6391.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.7532 of 5909.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202511.31201 of 12292.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.01182 of 12193.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.81117 of 12349.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202234.3786 of 122135.6%★★☆☆☆
202125.9811 of 101920.4%★☆☆☆☆
201911.51183 of 12172.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.9903 of 116122.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20259.61233 of 12713.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.31238 of 12642.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.21183 of 12928.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.71028 of 128620.1%★☆☆☆☆
202111.41025 of 10482.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.01256 of 12963.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.1903 of 122326.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.2754 of 8127.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.4684 of 80515.0%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2025)17th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)16th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)11th percentile~ school
Special Education (2022)8th percentile~ school
Female (2025)5th percentile-4 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile+5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school
Disabled (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts18%-35 vs state
Mathematics11%-27 vs state
Science9%-34 vs state

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Students who attend Hamline Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Students at Hamline Elementary School are 93% Hispanic, 6% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 582 students attended Hamline Elementary School.

Hamline Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.6% of Illinois elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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