Mollison Elem School

Mollison Elem School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 237 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 38% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Mollison Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Mollison Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%). The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mollison Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.0%.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Mollison Elem School is one campus in the mix.

James Farmer Jr. Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mollison Elem School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

Mollison Elem School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Mollison Elem School's enrollment has declined 32% since 2018, when it stood at 347 (now 237). Black enrollment moved from 99% to 93% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.