Metcalfe Elem Community Academy

Metcalfe Elem Community Academy is a moderately sized elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school enrolls 354 students in grades pre-K through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, Metcalfe Elem Community Academy records that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 95% 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 noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Metcalfe Elem Community Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.4%, the actual is 14.2%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Across the wider 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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Metcalfe Elem Community Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Brown R Elem Community Acad, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Metcalfe Elem Community Academy comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.4%.

Metcalfe Elem Community Academy operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Metcalfe Elem Community Academy's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 354). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 98% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.