Wells Preparatory Elem Academy
Wells Preparatory Elem Academy is a elementary school in City of Chicago SD 299, serving the Chicago area (grades PK-8) with 280 students enrolled. Data sourced from NCES Common Core of Data.
Elementary
PK-8
280
88%
Public, zoned
170993001614
60653
Wells Preparatory Elem Academy is a public elementary school in City of Chicago SD 299, in the Chicago area, serving grades PK-8, with 280 students enrolled, and 88% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch (NCES ID 170993001614, NCES CCD 2022-23). It sits in the K-12 pipeline for Bronzeville — the Chicago neighborhoods a family would buy into for this school.
For families, the school itself is only half the question — the other half is what it costs to live in its attendance zone. Wells Preparatory Elem Academy is part of City of Chicago SD 299, and the neighborhoods that feed it carry their own home prices, commute realities, and sold-comp history. Use the links below to move from “is this a good school?” to “can we afford to buy into it, and is the whole K-12 pipeline strong?”
Chicago neighborhoods that feed into Wells Preparatory Elem Academy
Wells Preparatory Elem Academy appears in the K-12 pipeline for 1 neighborhood in our Chicago family home-search guide. Each neighborhood page covers school pipelines, sold comps, commute reality, and family-fit verdicts.
Other Chicago schools in City of Chicago SD 299 or at the same level
- Elementary · same districtBurke Elem School
Grades PK-8 · 281 students
- Elementary · same districtKozminski Elem Community Academy
Grades PK-8 · 249 students
- High · same districtKenwood Academy High School
Grades 7-12 · 2,338 students
- Elementary · same districtMurray Elem Language Academy
Grades K-8 · 445 students
- Elementary · same districtReavis Elem Math & Sci Spec Schl
Grades PK-8 · 281 students
- Elementary · same districtShoesmith Elem School
Grades K-6 · 322 students
Wells Preparatory Elem Academy family questions
What grades does Wells Preparatory Elem Academy serve?
Wells Preparatory Elem Academy is elementary school covering grades PK-8 in City of Chicago SD 299, Chicago. Enrollment is 280 students per the most recent NCES Common Core of Data.
What's the free/reduced-lunch rate at Wells Preparatory Elem Academy?
88% of students at Wells Preparatory Elem Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch per the NCES CCD 2022-23 dataset. This is one of the most-cited indicators of student-body economic mix.
Which Chicago neighborhoods feed into Wells Preparatory Elem Academy?
Wells Preparatory Elem Academy appears in the K-12 pipeline for Bronzeville in our Chicago family home-search guide.
School data on this page is sourced from NCES CCD 2022-23 (US Department of Education / National Center for Education Statistics). Verify directly: