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Bret Harte Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 330 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charles Bright. 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 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bret Harte Elem School enrolls 330 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Black or African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 290 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 5.2% |
| White | 11 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
242 of the school's 330 students (73%) 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.
Bret Harte 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-20, state senate district 13, state house district 25.
Bret Harte 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 330 students, Bret Harte 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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