Locke A Elem Charter Academy

Locke An Elem Charter Academy is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 346 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Locke An Elem Charter Academy is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that hosts 324,396 students overall.

On demographics, Locke An Elem Charter Academy lists that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Locke An Elem Charter Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at Locke An Elem Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Locke An Elem Charter Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 21.3%; this one delivers 38.5%, a residual of +17.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 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 Locke An Elem Charter Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Marshall Metropolitan High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Locke An Elem Charter Academy comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 16.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. As a public charter, Locke An Elem Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 31%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 346 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.