Cook Elem School

As a compact elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, Cook Elem School works with 322 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Cook Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cook Elem School records that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cook Elem School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 29.6%; actual is 11.5%, a gap of -18.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Cook Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins Camp is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cook Elem School. On composite proficiency, Cook Elem School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 19.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cook Elem School has decreased 15%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 322 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.