Clinton Elem School

Clinton Elem School is a primary school of sizable scale in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, instructing 1,050 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Clinton Elem School sits 176% above that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Clinton Elem School logs that the largest single group is Asian at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% White. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, Clinton Elem School records 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Clinton Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Clinton Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Clinton Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Mather High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clinton Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.0%.

Clinton Elem School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clinton Elem School has decreased 14%, going from 1,223 students in 2018 to 1,050 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 43% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Clinton Elem School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.