📍 5450 W 64th Pl, Chicago, Cook County, 60638
Grimes Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 395 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katherine Engelhardt. 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 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Grimes Elem School enrolls 395 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% White and 2.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 353 | 89% |
| White | 29 | 7.3% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 395 students (77%) 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.
Grimes 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 11, state house district 22.
Grimes 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 395 students, Grimes 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