National Teachers Elem Academy

National Teachers Elem Academy, a sprawling elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, hosts 795 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 109% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, National Teachers Elem Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, National Teachers Elem Academy shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 10% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, National Teachers Elem Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), National Teachers Elem Academy is one campus in the mix.

Haines Elem School 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. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), National Teachers Elem Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at National Teachers Elem Academy has climbed 10%, going from 723 students in 2018 to 795 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 78% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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