2025 Census government inventory

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Independent school district in Illinois. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 138013 · Census county field: Cook · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

322,809students in the finance record
643operating schools connected
$24,330current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment322,80910.2% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$24,33027.2% higher than 2019 after inflation · 56.1% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$9.3B35.9% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$9.4B12.6% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 359,476; 2020: 347,484; 2021: 341,382; 2022: 329,836; 2023: 321,666; 2024: 322,809364,769340,571316,373201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $19,130; 2020: $20,654; 2021: $21,088; 2022: $22,563; 2023: $23,368; 2024: $24,330$25,058$21,730$18,402201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201910.4% F37.5% S52.1% L
202010.7% F37.4% S51.9% L
202115.2% F36.4% S48.4% L
202217.4% F37.1% S45.5% L
202317.0% F34.8% S48.2% L
202418.3% F33.2% S48.4% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019359,476$15,591$6,643,153,000$6,877,368,000$8,383,922,000
2020347,484$17,041$6,933,320,000$7,130,321,000$8,128,860,000
2021341,382$18,216$7,446,508,000$7,481,077,000$8,378,555,000
2022329,836$21,050$8,436,144,000$8,443,510,000$8,751,864,000
2023321,666$22,699$8,737,096,000$8,836,034,000$9,100,424,000
2024322,809$24,330$9,281,707,000$9,349,025,000$9,444,188,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

Explore the schools—not just the agency record.

NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$9.28B in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal18.3%$1.70B
State33.2%$3.08B
Local48.4%$4.50B
Total expenditures$9.35B
Current spending$8.07B
Instruction$5.11B
Support services$2.56B
Capital outlay$603M
Debt outstanding$9.44B

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address42 W Madison St 2nd Flr, Chicago, IL, 60602
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
138013
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address125 SOUTH CLARK STREET · CHICAGO, IL · 60603-2317
Reported contact roleComptroller

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldCook
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment321,6662023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.