📍 3740 W 31st St, Chicago, Cook County, 60623
Gary Elem School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 766 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alberto Juarez. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 3–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gary Elem School enrolls 766 students across grades 3–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 51 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 757 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
720 of the school's 766 students (94%) 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.
Gary 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-40, state senate district 12, state house district 24.
Gary 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 766 students, Gary Elem School is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large