Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr

Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr, a tight-knit primary school in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, serves 266 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr is among them.

On demographics, Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr records that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 8% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.9%; this one delivers 18.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $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. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr is one campus in the mix.

YCCS-Truman Middle College HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 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), Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 33%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 266 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 49% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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