Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy

Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy is one of the intimate elementary campuss in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 255 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.9%, the actual is 21.8%, a residual of +4.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Locke An Elem Charter Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Jensen Elem Scholastic Academy's enrollment has decreased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 255). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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