page_title: List of schools in Chicago Public Schools
section_title: Former elementary schools
hierarchical_section_title: List of schools in Chicago Public Schools / Defunct schools / Former elementary schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Crispus Attucks Public School, Chicago
context_page_description: Chicago Public Schools is a large public school district consisting of primary and secondary schools within the city limits of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
context_section_description: R.S. Abbott Elementary School - located at 3630 S. Wells; opened in 1881 and closed in 2008; the building currently houses Air Force Academy High School
  John D. Altgeld Elementary School - located at 1340 W 71st St.; closed in 2014. Renamed Daniel S. Wentworth Elementary School after moving to the site of this school.
  Louis Armstrong Elementary School - located at 5345 W Congress Pkwy; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to Rivers of Living Water Ministries International on April 26, 2017 for $250,000. Slated for use as community center.
  Crispus Attucks Elementary School (formerly John Farron Elementary School) - located at 5055 S State St; voted to be closed in 2013, phased out in summer 2015. The Board of Education approved a sale to KMIS Developers on May 24, 2017 for $100,000.
  Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School - opened in 1960 and closed in 1979; in 1981 Tabernacle Christian Academy moved into that same building at 1203 W. 109th Place, and is currently in operation.
  Blair Elementary School - located at 6751 W 63rd Pl; converted into Blair Early Childhood Center.
  Arna W. Bontemps Elementary School - located at 1241 W 58th St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF on Jun 28, 2017 for $50,000. School slated to become mixed-use workforce housing development with at least 46 affordable units. Gym will be converted to commercial leased space. Outdoor area will become urban farm. Offer contingent on receipt of low-income housing tax credits from city.
  Kate S. Buckingham School - located at 9207 S. Phillips Ave; voted to be closed in 2013. For sale.
  Daniel H. Burnham School - located at 1903 E 96th St.; voted to be closed in 2013. For sale, main building and annex are being sold separately.
  Calhoun North Elementary School - located at 2833 W Adams St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to Heartland Housing on May 24, 2017 for $200,000. Slated for use as affordable housing. Use restriction: Must be used as housing. Gym and auditorium must be preserved and made available for community programming and partnerships. Cannot be used as any kind of K-12 school or for commercial, retail or industrial development. Owner must provide and maintain a playground for neighborhood children. Sale price will also include about $360,000 in donation tax credits.
  Zenos Colman Elementary School - located at 4655 S Dearborn St.; closed in 2005. Converted to the School district's Administration office
  Cornell Elementary School - located at 7525 S. Maryland Ave, closed in 1975 and demolished in 1980.
  Dodge Elementary School - Now served as Chicago Public Schools, Garfield Park Office.
  Ana Roque De Duprey School - located at 2620 W Hirsch St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF Von Humboldt on Jul 22, 2015 for $3,100,000. Main building slated to become mixed-use community for teachers. Annex and adjoining playground to be sold to Puerto Rican Cultural Center for $1 and converted into a day care center.
  Farragut Elementary School - Became a Junior High School and then a High School which is now known as Farragut Career Academy.
  Froebel Elementary School - Demolished in 1980 for housing.
  U.S. Grant Elementary School
  Hardin Elementary School - closed in 1950's, homes built on that site.
  Herman Felsenthal Elementary School - Demolished in 1983.
  Henry Horner Elementary School - building converted into residential condos in 2013.
  Amelia Dunne Hookway Elementary School - closed in 1981 due to underenrollment.  A transitional high school for ninth graders, Cecil Partee Academic Preparatory Center was later housed in that same building.  Partee was later relocated to Chicago Vocational Career Academy.  In 1988, Lenart Regional Gifted Center opened a selective admissions elementary school in that site.
  Jefferson Elementary School
  Jirka Elementary School - building converted to Pilsen Community Academy.
  John V. LeMoyne Elementary School (formerly Theodore Herzi Elementary School) - Merged with Inter-American Magnet Sch
caption: The former Crispus Attucks Elementary School, Bronzeville, Chicago
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