📍 12302 S State St, Chicago, Cook County, 60628
Owens Community Academy ES is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 331 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katina Brown. 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 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Owens Community Academy ES enrolls 331 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Black or African American, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 307 | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.4% |
| White | 4 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
312 of the school's 331 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.
Owens Community Academy ES 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 15, state house district 29.
Owens Community Academy ES 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 331 students, Owens Community Academy ES 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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