Deneen Elem School

Deneen Elem School operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 451 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

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

Looking at the student body, Deneen Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Deneen Elem School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Deneen Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deneen Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.3%, the actual is 21.2%, a residual of +3.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Deneen Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Harvard Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deneen Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deneen Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 13.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deneen Elem School has declined 13%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 451 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.