Stone Elem Scholastic Academy

Stone Elem Scholastic Academy operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 553 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 45% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Stone Elem Scholastic Academy reports that 37% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 23% White, 22% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Stone Elem Scholastic Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 62.7%, a residual of +26.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs 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. Stone Elem Scholastic Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Clinton Elem School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Stone Elem Scholastic Academy comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 26% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.