Clay Elem School

Clay Elem School is a sizable elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school teaches 578 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 52% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Clay Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Clay Elem School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Clay Elem School records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clay Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Clay Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grissom Elem School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Clay Elem School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Clay Elem School's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 632 (now 578). Black enrollment moved from 11% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.