📍 2710 S Dearborn St, Chicago, Cook County, 60616
Drake Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 243 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christopher Robbins. 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 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Drake Elem School enrolls 243 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 230 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 4.5% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
234 of the school's 243 students (96%) 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.
Drake 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-70, state senate district 3, state house district 6.
Drake 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 243 students, Drake 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