📍 225 46th Ave, Bellwood, Cook County, 60104
Jefferson Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bellwood, Cook County. The school has 395 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Paris May. It is part of the Berkeley SD 87 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jefferson Primary School enrolls 395 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 38% Black or African American and 3.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 219 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 149 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.3% |
| White | 10 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 4 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 395 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jefferson Primary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-70, state senate district 4, state house district 7.
Jefferson Primary School is one of 6 schools in Berkeley SD 87, based in Berkeley, Illinois. The district serves 2,147 students district-wide and employs 186 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 395 students, Jefferson Primary School is close to the district average of about 358 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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