Admissions Information
Registration for the 2023-2024 School Year is happening now!
Requirements
To begin the registration process, please email Ms. Lopez tlopez30@cps.edu or Ms. Quiros mramos3@cps.edu
CPS required documents when registering your child:
General Information
Tours:
Thank you for your interest in touring Coonley Elementary School. School tours will take place in person. Tour dates are listed below. All tours will begin promptly at 9 AM. We recommend you arrive 5-10 minutes early to check-in with security.
In order to provide the best tour experience possible, we ask that you reserve a space on the tour and provide the requested information by completing this form for each individual attending the tour. Please call 773.534.5140 with any questions.
Neighborhood Program
Enrollment is reserved for students that currently reside within the Coonley attendance boundaries (http://schoollocator.cps.k12.il.us/). If you have moved outside of the Coonley attendance area in the last year your child should enroll in their new neighborhood school. CPS will initiate address verification procedures when inconsistencies in documentation arise. If enrollment is found to be fraudulent CPS will act in accordance with the District's Enrollment & Transfer Policy and a violation of said policy may include an immediate transfer to the student's appropriate home school. If families are found to be living outside the City of Chicago tuition may be charged. If your child was accepted to Coonley from outside the attendance boundary prior to June 30th, 2010, or through the Sibling lottery then Coonley becomes the home school for your child until graduation.
If you have questions, please call the school office 773.534.5140.
Out of Attendance Area Admissions (Siblings Included)
Students seeking admission to Coonley that reside outside of our attendance area must apply using the Options for Knowledge Standard Elementary Application available within the Options for Knowledge Guidebook or online at http://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Pages/Apply.aspx. The application is available October 1st through mid December. Please follow submission guidelines provided by the Office of Access and Enrollment. Notifications are sent in the spring prior to the start of school. More information is available at http://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Pages/OAE.aspx.
Regional Gifted Center
All Regional Gifted Centers in Chicago require testing for admission. Children are selected for entry based on their performance on an aptitude test administered by the Office of Academic Enhancement (OAE).
For the 2023-2024 school year Coonley’s RGC programming will begin at 6th grade. To apply to Coonley's Regional Gifted Center use the Selective Enrollment Elementary School Application from Chicago Public Schools. The application process is described on the CPS website and you can also download an application there during the application period, usually the beginning of October through mid December.
All admissions are administered by the Chicago Public Schools Office of Academic Enhancement. More information is available at http://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Pages/OAE.aspx
Requirements
- Students must be 5 years-old on or before September 1, 2023.
- For the neighborhood program, families must reside in the neighborhood attendance boundaries.
- For the Regional Gifted Center (6th-8th Grade), families must have been offered and accepted a seat in the program.
To begin the registration process, please email Ms. Lopez tlopez30@cps.edu or Ms. Quiros mramos3@cps.edu
CPS required documents when registering your child:
- Proof of child's age (Original Birth Certificate)
- 2 (Two) Proof of current address (Light or Gas Bill and Parent Drivers License or State ID with the current address) *No water bills will be accepted
- Proof of a recent physical exam
- Proof of current immunizations
- Proof of dental exam, if applicable
- Proof of eye exam (for incoming kindergarten only)
General Information
Tours:
Thank you for your interest in touring Coonley Elementary School. School tours will take place in person. Tour dates are listed below. All tours will begin promptly at 9 AM. We recommend you arrive 5-10 minutes early to check-in with security.
- Wednesday, September 21, 2022
- Wednesday, October 19, 2022
- Wednesday, November 16, 2022
- Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - canceled
- Wednesday, January 25, 2023
- Wednesday, February 15, 2023
- Monday, March 27th, 2023
- Wednesday, April 19, 2023
- Wednesday, May 10, 2023
In order to provide the best tour experience possible, we ask that you reserve a space on the tour and provide the requested information by completing this form for each individual attending the tour. Please call 773.534.5140 with any questions.
Neighborhood Program
Enrollment is reserved for students that currently reside within the Coonley attendance boundaries (http://schoollocator.cps.k12.il.us/). If you have moved outside of the Coonley attendance area in the last year your child should enroll in their new neighborhood school. CPS will initiate address verification procedures when inconsistencies in documentation arise. If enrollment is found to be fraudulent CPS will act in accordance with the District's Enrollment & Transfer Policy and a violation of said policy may include an immediate transfer to the student's appropriate home school. If families are found to be living outside the City of Chicago tuition may be charged. If your child was accepted to Coonley from outside the attendance boundary prior to June 30th, 2010, or through the Sibling lottery then Coonley becomes the home school for your child until graduation.
If you have questions, please call the school office 773.534.5140.
Out of Attendance Area Admissions (Siblings Included)
Students seeking admission to Coonley that reside outside of our attendance area must apply using the Options for Knowledge Standard Elementary Application available within the Options for Knowledge Guidebook or online at http://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Pages/Apply.aspx. The application is available October 1st through mid December. Please follow submission guidelines provided by the Office of Access and Enrollment. Notifications are sent in the spring prior to the start of school. More information is available at http://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Pages/OAE.aspx.
Regional Gifted Center
All Regional Gifted Centers in Chicago require testing for admission. Children are selected for entry based on their performance on an aptitude test administered by the Office of Academic Enhancement (OAE).
For the 2023-2024 school year Coonley’s RGC programming will begin at 6th grade. To apply to Coonley's Regional Gifted Center use the Selective Enrollment Elementary School Application from Chicago Public Schools. The application process is described on the CPS website and you can also download an application there during the application period, usually the beginning of October through mid December.
All admissions are administered by the Chicago Public Schools Office of Academic Enhancement. More information is available at http://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Pages/OAE.aspx
