Bond Elem School

Bond Elem School is a low-enrollment primary school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school educates 233 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Bond Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bond Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). The remainder breaks down as 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Bond Elem School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at Bond Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bond Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.3%; this one delivers 12.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Bond Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wentworth Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bond Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bond Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 14.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Bond Elem School's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 233). Black enrollment moved from 98% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Bond Elem School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.