KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus

As a large primary school in Chicago, Illinois, KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus hosts 921 students from grades K through 8, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 142% above the state mean of about 381.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus is among them.

On demographics, KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus shows that nearly all students (95%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 115.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.3%, the actual is 21.9%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows 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. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dewey Elem Academy of Fine Arts, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 17.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site. KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 162%: 352 students in 2018 compared to 921 in 2025.

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