Daley Elem Academy

Daley Elem Academy is an average-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school works with 511 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

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

On demographics, Daley Elem Academy logs that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Daley Elem Academy has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 94% of students at Daley Elem Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Daley Elem Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.2%, the actual is 17.2%, a residual of +0.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Daley Elem Academy is one campus in the mix.

Hedges Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Daley Elem Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Daley Elem Academy at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 23.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Daley Elem Academy's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 598 (now 511). Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.