Claremont Magnet Elem School

Claremont Magnet Elem School operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 335 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Claremont Magnet Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Claremont Magnet Elem School shows that 71% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Claremont Magnet Elem School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at Claremont Magnet Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Claremont Magnet Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.8%, the actual is 19.9%, a residual of +4.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $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), Claremont Magnet Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OToole Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Claremont Magnet Elem School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 23.7%.

Claremont Magnet Elem School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Claremont Magnet Elem School's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 430 (now 335). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 15% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Claremont Magnet Elem School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.