Is Hay Elementary Community Academy a good school?

Hay Elementary Community Academy ranks in the bottom 23.6% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Hay Elementary Community Academy?

In the 2023-24 school year, 262 students attended Hay Elementary Community Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Hay Elementary Community Academy?

Students at Hay Elementary Community Academy are 74% African American, 24% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Hay Elementary Community Academy attend?

Students who attend Hay Elementary Community Academy usually go on to attend: High : Orr Academy High School

Hay Elementary Community Academy

Summary:

Hay Elementary Community Academy is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 268 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in the state.

Hay Elementary faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 36.9% to 55.0% over the past few years, and poor academic performance, with only 18.6% of students proficient or better in ELA and 6.2% proficient in math, compared to district and state averages. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as African American students and special education students. Despite spending significantly more per student ($20,335 in 2022-2023) than the district average, Hay Elementary's academic outcomes have remained consistently low over the past decade.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary, Lewis Elementary School, and Nash Elementary School, also perform poorly and have similar low rankings and academic outcomes as Hay Elementary, suggesting a broader systemic issue within the Chicago Public Schools district. The high poverty rates at Hay Elementary, with over 96% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contribute to the school's challenges in improving academic achievement.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

1018 N Laramie Ave
Chicago, IL 60651-2930

(773) 534-6000

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1579^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,804

Students who attend Hay Elementary Community Academy usually attend:

High:

Orr Academy High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.6

Number of students: 262

Racial breakdown:

African American:

74.0%

Hispanic:

24.0%

White:

0.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 96.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hay Elementary Community Academy ranks worse than 76.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 217^th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.77. (See more...)

Compare Details Hay Elementary Community Academy ranks worse than 87.6% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.28. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a 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.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (74%), Hispanic (24%), two or more races (0.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 96.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hay Elementary Community Academy is 11.6, which is the 114^th best among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Hay Elementary Community Academy employs 22.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hay Elementary Community Academy is $23,804, which is the 129^th highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hay Elementary Community Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Hay Elementary Community Academy 1579^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Hay Elementary Community Academy in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Male students:

African American students:

SchoolDigger ranks Hay Elementary Community Academy 1194^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Hay Elementary Community Academy in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

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Male students:

African American students:

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 Hay Elementary Community Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	2.44	1959^th	2020	3.0%
2004	2.67	1957^th	2030	3.6%
2005	6.98	1860^th	2022	8.0%
2006	7.59	1935^th	2086	7.2%
2007	7.99	1945^th	2095	7.2%
2008	9.08	1935^th	2092	7.5%
2009	14.43	1892^nd	2120	10.8%
2010	13.02	1936^th	2139	9.5%
2011	14.35	1921^st	2147	10.5%
2012	17.80	1897^th	2166	12.4%
2013	18.19	1843^rd	2167	15.0%
2014	24.77	1658^th	2093	20.8%
2015	18.91	1736^th	2052	15.4%
2016	19.96	1693^rd	2046	17.3%
2017	14.33	1838^th	2044	10.1%
2018	11.19	1940^th	2037	4.8%
2019	11.33	1980^th	2086	5.1%
2021	14.40	1788^th	1948	8.2%
2022	13.02	1950^th	2082	6.3%
2023	17.28	1780^th	2077	14.3%
2024	23.77	1579^th	2067	23.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	21.24	1098^th	1194	8.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.89	1634^th	1765	7.4%
2019	17.24	1696^th	1816	6.6%
2021	22.93	1305^th	1514	13.8%
2022	16.89	1675^th	1763	5.0%
2023	22.91	1540^th	1808	14.8%
2024	33.88	1218^th	1793	32.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.18	1874^th	1964	4.6%
2019	10.48	1937^th	2019	4.1%
2022	18.21	1659^th	1970	15.8%
2023	19.55	1611^th	1957	17.7%
2024	13.35	1824^th	1942	6.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.71	1855^th	1972	5.9%
2019	13.95	1863^rd	2019	7.7%
2022	10.40	1966^th	1977	0.6%
2023	16.85	1722^nd	1984	13.2%
2024	21.63	1542^nd	1959	21.3%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.71	505^th	698	27.7%
2019	25.95	599^th	711	15.8%
2021	32.01	303^rd	428	29.2%
2022	31.27	484^th	684	29.2%
2023	44.45	323^rd	692	53.3%
2024	45.78	306^th	655	53.3%

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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 Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2007	18.64	1084^th	1287	15.8%
2008	12.23	1148^th	1293	11.2%
2009	14.23	1162^nd	1318	11.8%
2010	8.80	1234^th	1327	7.0%
2011	13.06	1223^rd	1344	9.0%
2012	13.52	1232^nd	1365	9.7%
2013	11.62	1251^st	1367	8.5%
2014	14.42	1187^th	1322	10.2%
2015	17.25	1121^st	1302	13.9%
2016	14.49	1185^th	1294	8.4%
2017	17.26	1102^nd	1293	14.8%
2018	20.72	1042^nd	1293	19.4%
2019	9.79	1305^th	1356	3.8%
2021	15.43	1122^nd	1241	9.6%
2022	16.06	1215^th	1369	11.2%
2023	16.19	1200^th	1367	12.2%
2024	16.28	1194^th	1363	12.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.17	852^nd	1161	26.6%
2019	13.39	1159^th	1217	4.8%
2021	24.76	835^th	1019	18.1%
2022	23.59	1020^th	1221	16.5%
2023	21.65	1052^nd	1234	14.7%
2024	22.75	1010^th	1219	17.1%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.47	1011^th	1226	17.5%
2019	10.74	1208^th	1276	5.3%
2022	19.60	1067^th	1286	17.0%
2023	17.11	1094^th	1275	14.2%
2024	20.20	1013^th	1251	19.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.49	953^rd	1223	22.1%
2019	9.67	1278^th	1296	1.4%
2022	15.68	1164^th	1286	9.5%
2023	16.60	1140^th	1292	11.8%
2024	13.58	1185^th	1264	6.3%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Hay Elementary Community Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.30	302^nd	511	40.9%
2019	18.69	544^th	565	3.7%
2021	33.79	255^th	385	33.8%
2022	32.37	393^rd	573	31.4%
2023	31.22	400^th	569	29.7%
2024	27.01	427^th	548	22.1%

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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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Enrollment information for Hay Elementary Community Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	n/a	1029	n/a	3	4	n/a	n/a	0	1036
1990	1	834	n/a	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	0	840
1991	0	742	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	742
1992	0	636	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	637
1993	0	653	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	654
1994	0	584	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	585
1995	0	673	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	675
1996	0	673	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	675
1997	1	704	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	713
1998	0	764	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	766
1999	0	709	0	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	713
2000	0	757	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	759
2001	0	722	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	723
2002	0	685	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	685
2003	0	685	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	685
2004	0	661	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	663
2005	2	638	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	649
2006	0	577	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	2	588
2007	0	673	0	22	0	n/a	n/a	4	699
2008	0	693	2	30	1	n/a	n/a	9	735
2009	0	695	1	26	1	n/a	n/a	0	723
2010	0	610	1	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	637
2011	5	523	0	33	0	0	8	0	569
2012	4	515	0	28	0	0	5	0	552
2013	2	531	0	39	0	0	6	0	578
2014	2	492	1	41	0	0	4	0	540
2015	3	478	1	49	0	0	5	0	536
2016	0	411	1	50	0	0	3	0	465
2017	2	355	1	59	0	0	3	0	420
2018	2	327	1	48	0	0	2	0	380
2019	1	302	1	53	0	0	2	0	359
2020	2	246	2	35	0	0	2	0	287
2021	2	244	2	47	0	0	2	0	297
2022	2	229	2	46	0	0	2	0	281
2023	1	218	2	45	0	0	2	0	268
2024	2	194	1	63	0	0	2	0	262

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hay Elementary Community Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1036	53.0	19.5	n/a
1990	840	46.0	18.2	n/a
1991	742	41.0	18.0	n/a
1992	637	38.0	16.7	n/a
1993	654	37.0	17.7	n/a
1994	585	38.0	15.4	n/a
1995	675	38.0	17.8	n/a
1996	675	38.0	17.8	n/a
1997	713	38.0	18.8	n/a
1998	766	38.0	20.2	n/a
1999	713	39.0	18.3	n/a
2000	759	40.0	19.0	n/a
2001	723	37.0	19.5	n/a
2002	685	36.0	19.0	91.5
2003	685	36.0	19.0	91.5
2004	663	33.2	20.0	98.5
2005	649	34.9	18.6	97.1
2006	588	35.9	16.4	89.6
2007	699	30.0	23.3	95.7
2008	735	34.0	21.6	89.3
2009	723	37.0	19.5	94.7
2010	637	33.0	19.3	97.5
2011	569	28.0	20.3	98.9
2012	552	26.0	21.2	98.9
2013	578	35.3	16.3	96.4
2014	540	30.0	18.0	97.8
2015	536	26.0	20.6	98.3
2016	465	26.0	17.8	98.9
2017	420	21.6	19.3	96.9
2018	380	21.5	17.6	96.8
2019	359	21.0	17.0	96.4
2020	287	19.0	15.1	97.9
2021	297	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	281	21.5	13.0	97.2
2023	268	24.0	11.1	96.3
2024	262	22.5	11.6	96.2

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 Hay Elementary Community Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1036	53.0	19.5	n/a
1990	840	46.0	18.2	n/a
1991	742	41.0	18.0	n/a
1992	637	38.0	16.7	n/a
1993	654	37.0	17.7	n/a
1994	585	38.0	15.4	n/a
1995	675	38.0	17.8	n/a
1996	675	38.0	17.8	n/a
1997	713	38.0	18.8	n/a
1998	766	38.0	20.2	n/a
1999	713	39.0	18.3	n/a
2000	759	40.0	19.0	n/a
2001	723	37.0	19.5	n/a
2002	685	36.0	19.0	91.5
2003	685	36.0	19.0	91.5
2004	663	33.2	20.0	98.5
2005	649	34.9	18.6	97.1
2006	588	35.9	16.4	89.6
2007	699	30.0	23.3	95.7
2008	735	34.0	21.6	89.3
2009	723	37.0	19.5	94.7
2010	637	33.0	19.3	97.5
2011	569	28.0	20.3	98.9
2012	552	26.0	21.2	98.9
2013	578	35.3	16.3	96.4
2014	540	30.0	18.0	97.8
2015	536	26.0	20.6	98.3
2016	465	26.0	17.8	98.9
2017	420	21.6	19.3	96.9
2018	380	21.5	17.6	96.8
2019	359	21.0	17.0	96.4
2020	287	19.0	15.1	97.9
2021	297	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	281	21.5	13.0	97.2
2023	268	24.0	11.1	96.3
2024	262	22.5	11.6	96.2

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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