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McDowell Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 117 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jo Easterling-hood. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McDowell Elem School enrolls 117 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American and 1.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 115 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
106 of the school's 117 students (91%) 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.
McDowell 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-10, state senate district 17, state house district 33.
McDowell 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 117 students, McDowell 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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