Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000611
Bond Elementary School
7050 S May St, Chicago, IL 60621 · (773) 535-3480 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
223 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 47% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bond Elementary School→Englewood STEM High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
15.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
7.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.7% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.5% | 5.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bond Elementary School
Bond Elementary School's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bond Elementary School this school | 233 | 95.7% | 12.1% |
| Madison Elementary School Chicago | 224 | 97.3% | 20.0% |
| Hendricks Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 217 | 97.2% | 10.5% |
| Chateaux School Hazel Crest | 249 | 96.4% | 17.9% |
| Mason Elementary School Chicago | 241 | 95.0% | 11.3% |
| Franklin Elementary School Dolton | 259 | 95.8% | 13.3% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bond Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,836 of 1,925 | #715 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #1,975 of 2,077 ▼ 142 | #758 of 829 ▼ 86 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #2,003 of 2,077 ▼ 187 | #798 of 829 ▼ 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #1,908 of 2,419 | #772 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #61 of 2,035 | #40 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #1,517 of 2,042 | #567 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #129 of 2,132 | #100 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #433 of 1,461 | #254 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
233
+37 (+19%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 233 | 25.3 | 9.2:1 | 96% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 90% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 229 | 22 | 10.4:1 | 96% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 196 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 15.4 | 19.0:1 | 99% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 99% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 99% (341) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 31 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 34 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bond Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (292 to 233); teachers up 64% (15.4 to 25.3).
About Bond Elementary School
Bond Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Chicago, Illinois. A federal count lists 233 students at the school, in pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students in 622 schools, including Bond Elementary School.
The student body at Bond Elementary School is 86% Black. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bond Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.2:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 96% of students at Bond Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bond Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 12.1% actual against 16.3% predicted.
Cook County has these Census figures: the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Wentworth Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bond Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bond Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Bond Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment at Bond Elementary School grew 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 196 to 233 students.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bond Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Bond Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bond Elementary. Bond Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTALLAHASSEE, FL · 611 students
Nearby schools
- Wentworth Elementary School0.3 mi · 433
- Stagg Elementary School0.5 mi · 377
- King Academy of Social Justice0.6 mi · 213
- Mays Elementary Academy0.6 mi · 277
- Bass Elementary School0.6 mi · 313
- Montessori of Englewood Chtr Elementary School0.8 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Bond Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bond Elementary School?
Bond Elementary School enrolls approximately 233 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Bond Elementary School serve?
Bond Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bond Elementary School?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at Bond Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Bond Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bond Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 12% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Bond Elementary School in?
Bond Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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