📍 1631 W Jonquil Ter, Chicago, Cook County, 60626
Gale Elem Community Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 222 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Francisco Leal. 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 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gale Elem Community Academy enrolls 222 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Black or African American, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 150 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 47 | 21% |
| White | 11 | 5% |
| Asian | 7 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 3.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
207 of the school's 222 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.
Gale Elem Community Academy 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 7, state house district 14.
Gale Elem Community Academy 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 222 students, Gale Elem Community Academy 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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