📍 11710 S Morgan St, Chicago, Cook County, 60643
Higgins Elem Community Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 264 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charnette Marshall. 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 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Higgins Elem Community Academy enrolls 264 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American and 6.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 247 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 6.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
255 of the school's 264 students (97%) 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.
Higgins Elem Community Academy 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 14, state house district 27.
Higgins Elem Community Academy 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 264 students, Higgins Elem Community Academy 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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