📍 13231 S Burley Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60633
Clay Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 532 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Laurincik. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Clay Elem School enrolls 532 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 6.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 386 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 98 | 18% |
| White | 33 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
489 of the school's 532 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Clay Elem School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-20, state senate district 17, state house district 33.
Clay Elem School is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 532 students, Clay Elem School is close to the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large