Colemon J Elem Academy

Colemon J Elem Academy is an elementary campus of small scale in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, teacheing 166 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 56% smaller than typical.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Colemon J Elem Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Colemon J Elem Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Colemon J Elem Academy lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Colemon J Elem Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.6%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of +11.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Colemon J Elem Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: White Elem Career Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colemon J Elem Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Colemon J Elem Academy's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 252 (now 166). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.