Leland Elem School

Leland Elem School is a moderately sized elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school serves 344 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Leland Elem School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Leland Elem School lists that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Leland Elem School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at Leland Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Leland Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.4%.

In the broader community, 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Leland Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clark Acad Prep Magnet High Schl, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Leland Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 14.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Leland Elem School's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 344). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 98% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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