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Fernwood Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 265 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Robert Towner. 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 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fernwood Elem School enrolls 265 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 260 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
232 of the school's 265 students (88%) 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.
Fernwood 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 14, state house district 27.
Fernwood 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 265 students, Fernwood 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
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