Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy

Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 515 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy records that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.8%; this one delivers 20.0%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chicago Excel Academy HS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy has edged up 19%, going from 431 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025.

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