City of Chicago

Elementary Attendance Boundaries

Geographic attendance boundaries for elementary schools within the Chicago Public Schools district for the 2016-2017 school year. Each record outlines a specific attendance zone, including its corresponding elementary school name, school ID, and boundary polygon.

Example records
NamebrandFull AddressaddressSchool IDregistrationThe GeomgeospatialGrade CatclassificationBoundarygrclassificationSch Typeclassification
OWENS12302 S State St Chicago, IL 60628609943MULTIPOLYGON (((-87.61469570086985 41.674310950641ESK, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8District, non-alternative
ARMSTRONG, G2110 W Greenleaf Ave Chicago, IL 60645609779MULTIPOLYGON (((-87.6883832125319 42.0195191122540ESK, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8District, non-alternative
OGDEN24 W Walton St Chicago, IL 60610610101MULTIPOLYGON (((-87.62466938772272 41.911238032942ESK, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8District, non-alternative
Use cases

Residential Property Underwriting by School Zone

A mortgage or property insurance underwriter maps a subject property's address against attendance boundary polygons to determine which public school zone it falls within, using that assignment as one input into neighborhood quality scoring and risk pricing.

The GeomNameSchool IDFull AddressSch Type

Retail Site Selection for Family-Oriented Businesses

A market analyst at a children's education or consumer brand evaluates potential store or franchise locations by overlaying candidate sites against elementary school attendance zones to estimate the density of school-age households within a trade area.

The GeomFull AddressBoundarygrSch TypeName

Fraud Address Verification Against Known Institutional Locations

A fraud operations team at a fintech lender cross-references applicant-supplied addresses against known school facility addresses to flag cases where a residential address suspiciously matches a public institution, a pattern sometimes associated with synthetic identity fraud.

Full AddressNameSchool IDSch Type