Parker Elem Community Academy

Parker Elem Community Academy operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 367 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Parker Elem Community Academy is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that serves 324,396 students overall.

Demographically, Parker Elem Community Academy logs that nearly all students (95%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Parker Elem Community Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Parker Elem Community Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Englewood STEM High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parker Elem Community Academy. On composite proficiency, Parker Elem Community Academy comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 15.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parker Elem Community Academy has decreased 26%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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