Summary
Hearst Elementary School is a public school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 301 students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 698 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hearst Elementary School consistently performs significantly below the state and district averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 22.3% of Hearst students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 10.9%, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school also has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 40.8% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. When compared to nearby schools like Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Pasteur Elementary School, the performance gap is quite stark, with these nearby schools significantly outperforming Hearst in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency, as well as other key metrics.
Hearst Elementary School's struggles extend to serving its diverse student population effectively, with the school's rankings for various student subgroups, such as female students, male students, African American students, Hispanic students, English Language Learners, Special Education students, and low-socioeconomic status students, consistently in the bottom quartile or bottom third of Illinois elementary schools. Despite spending significantly more per student ($26,912 in 2023-2024) compared to the state and district averages, this higher spending does not translate into improved academic outcomes. Hearst Elementary School's performance has remained consistently poor over the past several years, with little to no improvement in its statewide ranking or proficiency rates, suggesting that the school may be facing systemic challenges that require a comprehensive, long-term approach to address.
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