Coonley Elem School

Coonley Elem School is one of the sprawling elementary-level communitys in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 723 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 90% above the state mean of about 381.

Coonley Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that works with 324,396 students overall.

On demographics, Coonley Elem School lists that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Coonley Elem School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Coonley Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.4%, the actual is 76.5%, a residual of +11.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Coonley Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Bell Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coonley Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Coonley Elem School's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 1,008 (now 723). Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 23% to 16%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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