State/Public Elementary Open

Falconer Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 3020 N Lamon Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60641

896
Pupils
13.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Falconer Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 896 pupils enrolled. The Principal is James Cosme. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“6 in an urban setting. The school employs 68.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
James Cosme
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Falconer Elem School enrolls 896 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 68.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.

Male students
424 (47%)
Female students
472 (53%)
Teachers (FTE)
68.5
Student-teacher ratio
13.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% White and 1.5% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino84694%
White242.7%
Black or African American131.5%
Asian8<1%
Two or more races4<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

829 of the school's 896 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“6Title I

Falconer 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 20, state house district 39.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Falconer 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 896 students, Falconer Elem School is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

12%
Reading proficient
8%
Math proficient
26%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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