Pre-K · Illinois

Thomas Early Childhood Center

Free meals for all

Thomas Early Childhood Center, a public pre-k school in Chicago, Illinois: grade pre-k, 123 students, 7.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Size and class size

Compared with pre-K centers of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 123
Teachers (FTE): 15.5
Students per teacher: 7.9
Grades: Pre-K; Pre-K

Fewer students per teacher than 96% of pre-K centers in Illinois

Median 18.3 · 100 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 16.0 · 1,186 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of pre-K centers in Illinois

Median 182 · 103 schools compared

Larger than 52% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 117 · 1,436 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: Pre-K · Grade Pre-K
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Location

Address: 3625 S Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Phone: (773)535-4088
City or town: Chicago
County: Cook County

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Nearby pre-K centers

The closest public pre-K centers by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
District 99 Early Childhood Ctr	Pre-K	232	24.4	4.2 mi
SD 123 Early Learning Center	Pre-K	239	17.1	7.6 mi
F B Mccord Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K	186	16.2	8.3 mi
Vick Early Childhood & Family CtrFree meals for all	Pre-K	417	11.5	9.6 mi
Gladness V Player ECC	Pre-K	146	13.3	9.7 mi
Early Childhood Center	Pre-K	178	25.4	10.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 170993005886