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Underutilized Chicago Elementary Schools
School Name 2001 2001 Capacity Percent Capacity Community Area Geographic Region

Abbott School
268 1110 24.14% Armour Square Southwest
Alcott School 419 1025 40.88% Lincoln Park North
Aldridge School 434 835 51.98% Riverdale Far South
Altgeld School 751 1290 58.22% West Englewood Southwest
Andersen Academy 766 1335 57.38% West Town West
Arai Middle School 482 1295 37.22% Uptown North
Armstrong Specialty School 250 390 64.10% Austin West
Attucks School 287 1300 22.08% Douglas South
Audubon School 466 815 57.18% North Center North
Bannecker School 563 950 59.26% Englewood Southwest
Bateman School 950 1535 61.89% Irving Park Northwest
Beethoven School 762 1395 54.62% Grand Boulevard South
Beidler School 503 1085 46.36% East Garfield Park West
Bell School 718 1325 54.19% North Center North
Bennett School 652 1060 61.51% Roseland Far South
Bethune School 636 1070 59.44% East Garfield Park West
Blaine School 562 985 57.06% Lake View North
Bond School 695 1110 62.61% Englewood Southwest
Bontemps School 639 975 65.54% West Englewood Southwest
Brennemann School 462 920 50.22% Uptown North
Brown School 340 1285 26.46% Near West Side West
Brownell School 370 580 63.79% Greater Grand Crossing South
Burke School 362 945 38.31% Washington Park South
Burley School 363 570 63.68% Lake View North
Byrd Academy 423 965 43.83% Near North Side North
Caldwell School 644 1030 62.52% Avalon Park South
Calhoun North School 559 960 58.23% East Garfield Park West
Carnegie School 597 920 64.89% Woodlawn South
Carpenter School 550 1430 38.46% West Town West
Carver Middle School 559 1050 53.24% Riverdale Far South
Carver Primary School 688 1410 48.79% Riverdale Far South
Cassell School 304 490 62.04% Mount Greenwood Far South
Cather School 469 1020 45.98% East Garfield Park West
Chalmers School 413 895 46.15% North Lawndale West
Chappell School 514 920 55.87% Lincoln Square North
Charles Evans Hughes School 545 840 64.88% North Lawndale West
Chopin School 571 990 57.68% West Town West
Clark Middle School 836 1475 56.68% Austin West
Colman School 296 1260 23.49% Grand Boulevard South
Cook School 861 1365 63.08% Auburn/Gresham Southwest
Coonley School 421 720 58.47% North Center North
Cooper School 928 1410 65.82% Lower West Side Southwest
Crown Academy 538 870 61.84% North Lawndale West
Curtis School 763 1200 63.58% Roseland Far South
De Priest School 555 855 64.91% Austin West
Delano School 804 1800 44.67% West Garfield Park West
Deneen School 644 990 65.05% Greater Grand Crossing South
Dett School 516 1160 44.48% Near West Side West
Dodge School 336 860 39.07% East Garfield Park West
Donoghue School 470 1310 35.88% Oakland South
Doolittle Intermediate 364 1085 33.55% Douglas South
Doolittle West 608 960 63.33% Douglas South
Douglas Academy 571 1210 47.19% Douglas South
Douglass Middle 759 1660 45.72% Austin West
Drake School 348 930 37.42% Douglas South
Drummond School 278 495 56.16% Logan Square Northwest
Dumas School 673 1290 52.17% Woodlawn South
Dyett Middle School 487 1670 29.16% Washington Park South
Earle School 732 1155 63.38% West Englewood Southwest
Esmond School 579 1080 53.61% Morgan Park Far South
Evers School 318 725 43.86% Washington Heights Far South
Faraday School 526 1110 47.39% East Garfield Park West
Farren School 162 840 19.29% Grand Boulevard South
Fermi School 472 1220 38.69% South Shore South
Franklin Magnet 362 555 65.23% Near North Side North
Frazier School 556 1320 42.12% North Lawndale West
Fuller School 392 810 48.40% Grand Boulevard South
Gladstone School 564 975 57.85% Near West Side West
Goldblatt School 674 1070 62.99% West Garfield Park West
Grant School 650 1740 37.36% Near West Side West
Gregory School 646 1150 56.17% East Garfield Park West
Gresham School 735 1185 62.03% Auburn/Gresham Southwest
Gunsaulus Academy 714 1120 63.75% Brighton Park Southwest
Hamilton School 434 675 64.30% Lake View North
Hawthorne Academy 554 890 62.25% Lake View North
Hefferan School 573 920 62.28% West Garfield Park West
Hendricks Academy 381 795 47.92% Fuller Park Southwest
Henson School 415 1070 38.79% North Lawndale West
Herbert School 482 1100 43.82% Near West Side West
Herzl School 1052 1770 59.44% North Lawndale West
Hinton School 619 1120 55.27% Englewood Southwest
Hope Academy 899 1740 51.67% Englewood Southwest
Howland School 451 750 60.13% North Lawndale West
Jackson Academy 547 875 62.51% Near West Side West
Jackson School 477 1035 46.09% Auburn/Gresham Southwest
James Ward School 458 900 50.89% Armour Square Southwest
Jefferson School 411 840 48.93% Near West Side West
Jenner Academy 577 1045 55.22% Near North Side North
Jensen Academy 666 1050 63.43% East Garfield Park West
Johns School 425 670 63.43% West Englewood Southwest
Johnson School 405 920 44.02% North Lawndale West
Joplin School 749 1140 65.70% Auburn/Gresham Southwest
King School 399 1140 35.00% Near West Side West
Kinzie School 643 1310 49.08% Garfield Ridge Southwest
Kipling School 428 650 65.85% Washington Heights Far South
Kohn School 758 1400 54.14% Roseland Far South
Kozminski Academy 547 1065 51.36% Hyde Park South
Lafayette School 792 1730 45.78% West Town West
Lara Academy 616 965 63.83% New City Southwest
Lathrop School 433 980 44.18% North Lawndale West
Lawndale Academy 738 1280 57.66% North Lawndale West
Lawrence School 635 1115 56.95% South Deering Far South
Lemoyne School 423 1305 32.41% Lake View North
Libby School 855 1480 57.77% New City Southwest
Logandale Middle School 446 730 61.10% Avondale Northwest
Lowell School 815 1255 64.94% Humboldt Park West
Lozano Bilingual Center 610 1375 44.36% West Town West
Madero Middle School 379 760 49.87% South Lawndale Southwest
Madison School 573 1025 55.90% South Shore South
Manierre School 810 1270 63.78% Near North Side North
Marshall Middle School 672 1275 52.71% Irving Park Northwest
Mason School 1294 2660 48.65% North Lawndale West
May Academy 889 1390 63.96% Austin West
Mayer School 740 1220 60.66% Lincoln Park North
Mayo School 491 1030 47.67% Douglas South
McClellan School 326 585 55.73% Bridgeport Southwest
McCorkle School 298 720 41.39% Grand Boulevard South
McCosh School 1116 1795 62.17% Woodlawn South
McCutcheon School 496 930 53.33% Uptown North
McPherson School 866 1550 55.87% Lincoln Square North
Medill Primary School 312 820 38.05% Near West Side West
Melody School 709 1260 56.27% West Garfield Park West
Mollison School 475 720 65.97% Greater Grand Crossing South
Morgan School 576 1065 54.08% Auburn/Gresham Southwest
Morton Academy 429 1020 42.06% Humboldt Park West
Mount Greenwood School 580 900 64.44% Mount Greenwood Far South
Mount Vernon School 488 990 49.29% Washington Heights Far South
Neil School 400 1070 37.38% Chatham South
Nettelhorst School 451 1075 41.95% Lake View North
Newberry Magnet 552 900 61.33% Lincoln Park North
Nicholson School 792 1345 58.88% Englewood Southwest
O'Keeffe School 786 1490 52.75% South Shore South
O'Toole School 883 1350 65.41% West Englewood Southwest
Overton School 557 1080 51.57% Grand Boulevard South
Owen Academy 256 445 57.53% Ashburn Southwest
Paderewski School 381 775 49.16% South Lawndale Southwest
Parker Academy 997 1920 51.93% Englewood Southwest
Parkman School 342 1325 25.81% Fuller Park Southwest
Peabody School 459 780 58.85% West Town West
Penn School 632 1425 44.35% North Lawndale West
Perez School 657 1370 47.96% Lower West Side Southwest
Piccolo School 1069 2020 52.92% Humboldt Park West
Poe School 172 510 33.73% Pullman Far South
Pope School 280 860 32.56% North Lawndale West
Prescott School 316 600 52.67% Lincoln Park North
Price School 549 1160 47.33% Kenwood South
Raymond School 496 1440 34.44% Douglas South
Reed School 543 1010 53.76% Englewood Southwest
Revere School 571 905 63.09% Greater Grand Crossing South
Rogers School 620 955 64.92% West Ridge North
Ross School 676 1285 52.61% Washington Park South
Ryder School 539 930 57.96% Auburn/Gresham Southwest
Sabin Magnet 519 900 57.67% West Town West
Saucedo Academy 1321 2080 63.51% South Lawndale Southwest
Sayre Academy 524 900 58.22% Austin West
Schiller School 373 910 40.99% Near North Side North
Schmid School 331 630 52.54% Pullman Far South
Sexton School 711 1165 61.03% Woodlawn South
Sheridan Magnet 521 920 56.63% Bridgeport Southwest
Skinner School 455 915 49.73% Near West Side West
Smyth School 616 1665 37.00% Near West Side West
Solomon School 373 640 58.28% North Park Northwest
South Loop School 413 1020 40.49% Near South Side South
Stagg School 731 1130 64.69% Englewood Southwest
Stewart School 400 950 42.11% Uptown North
Stockton School 634 1475 42.98% Uptown North
Suder School 334 1155 28.92% Near West Side West
Sumner Academy 660 1715 38.48% West Garfield Park West
Talcott School 659 1350 48.81% West Town West
Terrell School 194 960 20.21% Washington Park South
Thorp School 675 1615 41.80% South Chicago South
Tilton School 649 1070 60.65% West Garfield Park West
Trumbull School 560 975 57.44% Edgewater North
Truth School 560 1260 44.44% Near North Side North
Turner-Drew Academy 378 620 60.97% Roseland Far South
Wadsworth School 611 1750 34.91% Woodlawn South
Warren School 409 670 61.04% Calumet Heights South
Williams School 772 1600 48.25% Douglas South
Woodson North School 352 1060 33.21% Grand Boulevard South
Woodson South School 437 1320 33.11% Grand Boulevard South
Wright School 296 540 54.81% Humboldt Park West
Yale School 525 975 53.85% Greater Grand Crossing South
Yates School 982 1760 55.80% Logan Square Northwest

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