[4] It has an attendance boundary for grades K-8, and it serves sections of the Near North Side and the Chicago Loop.

Its previous standalone campus, dedicated in 1884, was located at 9 W. Oak Street, and it did not have a cafeteria, a playground, a gymnasium, nor an assembly hall.

"[13] The school district owned a parcel, acquired in 1945, located within Dearborn, Oak, State, and Walton Streets, and a new $1 million ($13645305.51 according to inflation) 13 classroom brick and stone building was proposed and recommended for construction by the bureau of research and building survey.

In addition to having the four features lacking in the previous building, it was also to have six restrooms, an adjustment room, a teacher's lounge, and a kindergarten area.

Around the time Jenner had 239 students, 98% African-American and almost all low income;[2] its building capacity was 1,060.

[2] At first the merger proposal was canceled as there was not enough time left to get it accomplished for the 2015–2016 school year,[16] and aside from the opposition of some parents, the CPS had what David Matthews of DNA Info referred to as "lukewarm support".

[2] CPS head Janice Jackson had stated that there was not enough "due diligence" done in order for the merger to go through.