King Academy of Social Justice

As a close-knit primary school in Chicago, Illinois, King Academy of Social Justice caters to 213 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

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

Demographically, King Academy of Social Justice shows that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 14% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), King Academy of Social Justice tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), King Academy of Social Justice is one campus in the mix.

Englewood STEM High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around King Academy of Social Justice. On composite proficiency, King Academy of Social Justice comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 13.6%.

King Academy of Social Justice operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. King Academy of Social Justice's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 242 (now 213). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 100% to 85%. Class-load math has fell: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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