Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch

Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 206 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch shows that nearly all students (97%) are Black. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.8%; this one delivers 33.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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), Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fenger Academy High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 14.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 258 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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