📍 955 W Garfield Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, 60621
Holmes Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 117 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Diedre Coleman. 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 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Holmes Elem School enrolls 117 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Black or African American and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 105 | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 10% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
107 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.
Holmes 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-70, state senate district 3, state house district 6.
Holmes 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, Holmes 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