State/Public Elementary Open

Kipling Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 9351 S Lowe Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60620

230
Pupils
12.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Kipling Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 230 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Latasha Carter. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Latasha Carter
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Kipling Elem School enrolls 230 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.

Male students
111 (48%)
Female students
119 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student-teacher ratio
12.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American22698%
Hispanic or Latino31.3%
Two or more races1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

195 of the school's 230 students (85%) 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“8Title I

Kipling 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 14, state house district 27.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Kipling 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 230 students, Kipling Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

12%
Reading proficient
34%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Large

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