Is Hitch Elementary School a good school?

Hitch Elementary School ranks 1252 nd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Hitch Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 502 students attended Hitch Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Hitch Elementary School?

Students at Hitch Elementary School are 49% Hispanic, 35% White, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Hitch Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Hitch Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Taft High School

Hitch Elementary School

Summary:

Hitch Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with an enrollment of 502 students. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hitch Elementary is facing significant academic challenges, with high chronic absenteeism rates, low test scores, and subgroup performance well below state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 33.9% of Hitch students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide and 30.5% in the district. In math, only 22.3% of Hitch students were proficient, compared to 28.4% statewide and 18.3% in the district. When compared to nearby schools in the same district, such as Wildwood Elementary and Beaubien Elementary, Hitch's performance is significantly lower.

Despite higher spending per student, Hitch Elementary's academic performance has declined over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 626 out of 2,093 schools in 2013-2014 to 1,252 out of 2,067 schools in 2023-2024. This suggests that the school is struggling to keep up with the state's academic standards, and simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution. The school's challenges may be related to factors such as instructional practices, teacher quality, and student support services, as well as the high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

5625 N McVicker Ave
Chicago, IL 60646-6102

(773) 534-1189

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1252^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,815

Students who attend Hitch Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Taft High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.5

Number of students: 502

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

48.6%

White:

34.7%

Asian:

8.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 46.2%

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Compare Details Hitch Elementary School ranks worse than 60.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 129^th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

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Compare Details Hitch Elementary School ranks better than 57.7% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.56. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hitch Elementary School is $18,815. 321 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.

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Hitch Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hitch Elementary School 1252^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Hitch Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Hitch Elementary School 577^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Hitch Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	37.40	1434^th	2020	29.0%
2004	41.51	1380^th	2030	32.0%
2005	26.57	1644^th	2022	18.7%
2006	47.45	1348^th	2086	35.4%
2007	49.86	1328^th	2095	36.6%
2008	39.30	1470^th	2092	29.7%
2009	47.83	1324^th	2120	37.5%
2010	53.99	1194^th	2139	44.2%
2011	57.62	1109^th	2147	48.3%
2012	60.70	1026^th	2166	52.6%
2013	62.53	872^nd	2167	59.8%
2014	70.13	626^th	2093	70.1%
2015	64.75	626^th	2052	69.5%
2016	58.12	780^th	2046	61.9%
2017	55.62	842^nd	2044	58.8%
2018	44.34	1069^th	2037	47.5%
2019	46.87	1029^th	2086	50.7%
2021	49.13	874^th	1948	55.1%
2022	37.46	1231^st	2082	40.9%
2023	51.75	902^nd	2077	56.6%
2024	35.61	1252^nd	2067	39.4%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.91	193^rd	718	73.1%
2019	48.47	308^th	743	58.5%
2022	65.62	137^th	768	82.2%
2023	52.03	272^nd	788	65.5%
2024	42.85	423^rd	826	48.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	58.60	344^th	1194	71.2%
2021	75.26	93^rd	640	85.5%
2022	38.45	579^th	1113	48.0%
2023	53.59	409^th	1156	64.6%
2024	51.72	457^th	1195	61.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	51.33	773^rd	1765	56.2%
2019	49.30	848^th	1816	53.3%
2021	53.30	557^th	1514	63.2%
2022	44.66	910^th	1763	48.4%
2023	54.02	712^th	1808	60.6%
2024	33.07	1242^nd	1793	30.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.03	1138^th	1964	42.1%
2019	42.50	1121^st	2019	44.5%
2021	49.61	759^th	1680	54.8%
2022	35.28	1196^th	1970	39.3%
2023	50.81	876^th	1957	55.2%
2024	35.26	1190^th	1942	38.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	63.83	217^th	907	76.1%
2024	30.77	630^th	886	28.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.61	927^th	1972	53.0%
2019	49.53	931^st	2019	53.9%
2021	46.25	812^th	1707	52.4%
2022	39.76	1097^th	1977	44.5%
2023	48.74	916^th	1984	53.8%
2024	35.54	1176^th	1959	40.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.44	565^th	938	39.8%
2019	41.31	541^st	955	43.4%
2021	42.54	379^th	742	48.9%
2022	33.50	638^th	954	33.1%
2023	47.86	445^th	970	54.1%
2024	34.14	645^th	959	32.7%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.76	963^rd	1463	34.2%
2019	37.47	954^th	1462	34.7%
2021	50.29	600^th	1308	54.1%
2022	33.98	991^st	1425	30.5%
2023	43.58	809^th	1419	43.0%
2024	34.61	954^th	1392	31.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	40.96	764^th	1185	35.5%
2004	41.26	781^st	1204	35.1%
2005	41.64	792^nd	1209	34.5%
2006	52.29	712^th	1272	44.0%
2007	49.80	764^th	1287	40.6%
2008	55.35	694^th	1293	46.3%
2009	50.13	777^th	1318	41.0%
2010	47.73	823^rd	1327	38.0%
2011	53.78	727^th	1344	45.9%
2012	55.31	700^th	1365	48.7%
2013	63.58	476^th	1367	65.2%
2014	75.45	289^th	1322	78.1%
2015	61.79	395^th	1302	69.7%
2016	79.53	218^th	1294	83.2%
2017	71.54	308^th	1293	76.2%
2018	35.46	807^th	1293	37.6%
2019	43.20	718^th	1356	47.1%
2021	49.44	526^th	1241	57.6%
2022	44.17	679^th	1369	50.4%
2023	57.99	473^rd	1367	65.4%
2024	51.56	577^th	1363	57.7%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	50.32	156^th	480	67.5%
2024	23.64	458^th	486	5.8%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	63.39	158^th	792	80.1%
2021	63.53	92^nd	548	83.2%
2022	40.41	383^rd	781	51.0%
2023	74.78	132^nd	805	83.6%
2024	68.09	182^nd	802	77.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.12	609^th	1161	47.5%
2019	44.63	639^th	1217	47.5%
2021	62.13	253^rd	1019	75.2%
2022	54.23	455^th	1221	62.7%
2023	60.99	357^th	1234	71.1%
2024	54.86	451^st	1219	63.0%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.11	497^th	1226	59.5%
2019	51.64	577^th	1276	54.8%
2021	48.89	464^th	1017	54.4%
2022	43.36	655^th	1286	49.1%
2023	49.87	558^th	1275	56.2%
2024	48.01	581^st	1251	53.6%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	45.87	265^th	639	58.5%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.14	767^th	1223	37.3%
2019	40.13	727^th	1296	43.9%
2021	49.92	438^th	1048	58.2%
2022	41.71	668^th	1286	48.1%
2023	60.49	408^th	1292	68.4%
2024	54.41	486^th	1264	61.6%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.64	405^th	590	31.4%
2019	38.93	378^th	639	40.8%
2021	38.73	304^th	517	41.2%
2022	33.38	442^nd	662	33.2%
2023	43.61	336^th	661	49.2%
2024	50.67	261^st	643	59.4%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Hitch Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.31	664^th	889	25.3%
2019	33.13	612^th	905	32.4%
2021	43.37	428^th	813	47.4%
2022	32.88	606^th	898	32.5%
2023	47.59	440^th	895	50.8%
2024	41.48	503^rd	875	42.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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by a parent
Monday, August 3, 2020

My daughter was bullied for 3 consecutive years. From third grade to 6th. Seems things weren’t resolved by administration or teachers. They just told her to do like a “turtle “ not sure what that meant. It changed when I told said I would call board of Ed and go to channel 5. Then the kids wouldn’t talk to her which was just as bad. She felt even worse. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Hitch Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	187	83	12	74	2	n/a	n/a	0	358
1989	210	97	18	76	3	n/a	n/a	0	404
1990	212	84	16	64	3	n/a	n/a	0	379
1991	209	68	19	72	4	n/a	n/a	0	372
1992	207	103	20	89	3	n/a	n/a	0	422
1993	211	99	15	85	3	n/a	n/a	0	413
1994	193	99	13	79	3	n/a	n/a	0	387
1995	193	112	10	100	1	n/a	n/a	0	416
1996	193	112	10	100	1	n/a	n/a	0	416
1997	175	111	10	103	1	n/a	n/a	0	400
1998	152	108	13	114	8	n/a	n/a	0	395
1999	149	84	28	120	2	n/a	n/a	0	383
2000	155	72	28	134	1	n/a	n/a	0	390
2001	138	68	41	145	2	n/a	n/a	0	394
2002	174	46	33	127	3	n/a	n/a	0	383
2003	174	46	33	127	3	n/a	n/a	0	383
2004	178	43	32	157	0	n/a	n/a	0	410
2005	168	37	39	147	2	n/a	n/a	0	393
2006	163	30	36	140	2	n/a	n/a	32	403
2007	150	21	44	154	5	n/a	n/a	26	400
2008	169	9	56	162	3	n/a	n/a	27	426
2009	219	10	66	179	4	n/a	n/a	0	478
2010	214	9	67	185	3	n/a	n/a	0	478
2011	231	5	76	195	2	0	9	0	518
2012	237	5	70	205	3	0	14	0	534
2013	228	8	60	236	2	0	16	0	550
2014	259	7	63	224	2	0	24	0	579
2015	256	6	64	213	2	1	17	0	559
2016	266	9	48	231	1	1	20	0	576
2017	250	5	53	258	1	0	25	0	592
2018	231	7	46	249	1	0	34	0	568
2019	234	6	37	260	0	0	34	0	571
2020	235	6	46	256	2	0	35	0	580
2021	203	6	54	248	1	0	33	0	545
2022	183	8	46	246	1	0	35	0	519
2023	174	11	40	244	1	0	32	0	502

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hitch Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	358	21.0	17.0	n/a
1989	404	20.0	20.2	n/a
1990	379	22.0	17.2	n/a
1991	372	20.0	18.6	n/a
1992	422	20.0	21.1	n/a
1993	413	22.0	18.8	n/a
1994	387	20.0	19.3	n/a
1995	416	26.0	16.0	n/a
1996	416	26.0	16.0	n/a
1997	400	23.0	17.4	n/a
1998	395	22.0	18.0	n/a
1999	383	23.0	16.7	n/a
2000	390	23.0	17.0	n/a
2001	394	24.0	16.4	n/a
2002	383	23.0	16.7	68.4
2003	383	23.0	16.7	68.4
2004	410	23.4	17.5	69
2005	393	24.0	16.4	73.5
2006	403	25.0	16.1	70.9
2007	400	18.0	22.2	77
2008	426	19.0	22.4	69.2
2009	478	24.5	19.5	68.6
2010	478	25.0	19.1	65.1
2011	518	23.0	22.5	69.3
2012	534	27.0	19.7	70.2
2013	550	30.4	18.0	72.4
2014	579	29.5	19.6	64.2
2015	559	29.0	19.2	68.7
2016	576	30.0	19.2	59.7
2017	592	30.3	19.4	62.5
2018	568	27.8	20.3	57
2019	571	32.5	17.5	54.1
2020	580	33.5	17.3	55.5
2021	545	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	519	34.0	15.2	52
2023	502	37.0	13.5	46.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hitch Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	358	21.0	17.0	n/a
1989	404	20.0	20.2	n/a
1990	379	22.0	17.2	n/a
1991	372	20.0	18.6	n/a
1992	422	20.0	21.1	n/a
1993	413	22.0	18.8	n/a
1994	387	20.0	19.3	n/a
1995	416	26.0	16.0	n/a
1996	416	26.0	16.0	n/a
1997	400	23.0	17.4	n/a
1998	395	22.0	18.0	n/a
1999	383	23.0	16.7	n/a
2000	390	23.0	17.0	n/a
2001	394	24.0	16.4	n/a
2002	383	23.0	16.7	68.4
2003	383	23.0	16.7	68.4
2004	410	23.4	17.5	69
2005	393	24.0	16.4	73.5
2006	403	25.0	16.1	70.9
2007	400	18.0	22.2	77
2008	426	19.0	22.4	69.2
2009	478	24.5	19.5	68.6
2010	478	25.0	19.1	65.1
2011	518	23.0	22.5	69.3
2012	534	27.0	19.7	70.2
2013	550	30.4	18.0	72.4
2014	579	29.5	19.6	64.2
2015	559	29.0	19.2	68.7
2016	576	30.0	19.2	59.7
2017	592	30.3	19.4	62.5
2018	568	27.8	20.3	57
2019	571	32.5	17.5	54.1
2020	580	33.5	17.3	55.5
2021	545	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	519	34.0	15.2	52
2023	502	37.0	13.5	46.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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