Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr

Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, serveing 243 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%); the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 27.4%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Julian High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 23.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Barnard Elem Comp Math & Sci Ctr's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 323 (now 243). Black enrollment moved from 97% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.