Chicago has seen weakening buy-in to neighborhood elementary schools over the past decade as citywide admissions schools such as charters have expanded and the city has closed neighborhood schools. In 2000, 74 percent of CPS kids attended their assigned neighborhood school; in 2014 just 62 percent did.

Watch that evolution in the map. Closed schools disappear. New schools appear. Read the full report and hear the stories at WBEZ.org.

Green schools are neighborhood schools; that is, schools with an attendance boundary. A darker green indicates a higher percentage of children from that attendance boundary choosing to attend the neighborhood school. A lighter green indicates a lower percentage of children from that attendance boundary choosing the neighborhood school. Citywide enrollment schools with no attendance boundaries (charter, classical, gifted, magnet and small schools) are colored red. The size of each school reflects the total number of students enrolled. There were 50,000 fewer elementary school students in the district in 2014 than 2001.