Brown R Elem Community Acad

Brown R Elem Community Acad is a small primary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school caters to 279 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 27% smaller than typical.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Brown R Elem Community Acad is among them.

Demographically, Brown R Elem Community Acad shows that nearly all students (95%) are Black. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Brown R Elem Community Acad records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Brown R Elem Community Acad tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at Brown R Elem Community Acad qualify 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Brown R Elem Community Acad performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.2%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Brown R Elem Community Acad is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Metcalfe Elem Community Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Brown R Elem Community Acad comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 22.1%.

Brown R Elem Community Acad operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 100% to 95% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.