Kanoon Elem Magnet School

Kanoon Elem Magnet School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, caters to 389 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Kanoon Elem Magnet School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Kanoon Elem Magnet School records that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Kanoon Elem Magnet School records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at Kanoon Elem Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kanoon Elem Magnet School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.3%; this one delivers 16.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Kanoon Elem Magnet School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Farragut Career Academy HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kanoon Elem Magnet School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 16.7%.

Kanoon Elem Magnet School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 38%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 98% to 94%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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