Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Set in Markham, Illinois, Barack H Obama Learning Academy is a moderately sized elementary school, run under Hazel Crest SD 152-5. It serves 466 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Hazel Crest SD 152-5 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 891 students; Barack H Obama Learning Academy is among them.

Demographically, Barack H Obama Learning Academy reports that Black students make up the majority at 77%; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Barack H Obama Learning Academy has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Barack H Obama Learning Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.4%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Barack H Obama Learning Academy is one campus in the mix.

Maya Angelou Elem Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Barack H Obama Learning Academy at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 17.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Barack H Obama Learning Academy's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 466). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 85% to 77% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Barack H Obama Learning Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.