📍 8441 S Yates Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, 60617
Coles Elem Language Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 265 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charlie Mcspadden. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Coles Elem Language Academy enrolls 265 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 252 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
245 of the school's 265 students (92%) 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.
Coles Elem Language Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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-10, state senate district 17, state house district 33.
Coles Elem Language Academy is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 265 students, Coles Elem Language Academy is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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