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Chopin Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 273 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Frederick Williams. 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 9.4:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chopin Elem School enrolls 273 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 7.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 163 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 85 | 31% |
| White | 20 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
253 of the school's 273 students (93%) 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.
Chopin 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-30, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Chopin 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 273 students, Chopin Elem School 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