📍 7240 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60619
Deneen Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 460 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karla Kemp. 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 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Deneen Elem School enrolls 460 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American and 1.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 453 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
412 of the school's 460 students (90%) 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.
Deneen Elem School 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 16, state house district 32.
Deneen Elem School 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 460 students, Deneen Elem School is close to the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large