LaSalle Elem Language Academy

LaSalle Elem Language Academy is an average-sized elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school serves 456 students in grades K through 8.

LaSalle Elem Language Academy is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that instructs 324,396 students overall.

Demographically, LaSalle Elem Language Academy logs that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting LaSalle Elem Language Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at LaSalle Elem Language Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LaSalle Elem Language Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 59.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that 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%. LaSalle Elem Language Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Manierre Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LaSalle Elem Language Academy comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. LaSalle Elem Language Academy's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 456). Black enrollment moved from 30% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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