📍 8306 S Saint Lawrence Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60619
Dixon Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 464 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Demetrius Mundy. 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 16.0:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dixon Elem School enrolls 464 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 452 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 2.4% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
362 of the school's 464 students (78%) 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.
Dixon 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 17, state house district 34.
Dixon 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 464 students, Dixon 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