De Diego Elem Community Academy

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, De Diego Elem Community Academy hosts 511 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 34% bigger than typical.

De Diego Elem Community Academy is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that educates 324,396 students overall.

On the student-mix side, De Diego Elem Community Academy logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest consists of 23% Black, 5% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), De Diego Elem Community Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.3%; this one delivers 14.1%.

Around the school, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. De Diego Elem Community Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Sabin Elem Magnet School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, De Diego Elem Community Academy comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at De Diego Elem Community Academy has edged down 9%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the De Diego Elem Community Academy community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.