📍 3500 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, 60623
Lawndale Elem Community Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 216 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Natasha Jones. 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 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lawndale Elem Community Academy enrolls 216 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 209 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 2.3% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
214 of the school's 216 students (99%) 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.
Lawndale 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-70, state senate district 5, state house district 9.
Lawndale 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 216 students, Lawndale 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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