Total enrollment
324,130
-16,836 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
646 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
Illinois · 324,396 students · 1 city
Across the district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 646 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 324,396 Illinois students (about 502 per school).
4-year change in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
621
-2 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Illinois | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #251 of 327 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324,396 | #1 of 508 | #3 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 622 | #1 of 508 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #335 of 506 | #4,104 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 73.7% | #48 of 456 | #1,651 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #61 of 341 | #1,077 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
State test results across the district's 601 scored schools run from Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Cntr at 95.8% proficient to YCCS-Sullivan House Alt High School at 0.8%, a gap of 95.0 points. That is the widest gap among 172 Illinois districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 533 district schools that reported both years went from 318,820 to 281,425 students (down 12%) and from 17,281 to 21,135 full-time teachers (up 22%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is a broad Illinois school district running 646 schools with combined enrollment near 324,396.
For a sense of the school types, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is built around 461 elementary, 11 middle, 169 high schools, and 5 combined or other.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment declined 5%: 340,966 students in SY 2020-21 versus 324,130 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 623 to 621 across the same 4-year window.
On allk12, the community for Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.