📍 6550 S Richmond St, Chicago, Cook County, 60629
Marquette Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,002 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alicia Marsh. 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 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Marquette Elem School enrolls 1,002 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 66 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 1.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 674 | 67% |
| Black or African American | 310 | 31% |
| White | 17 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
945 of the school's 1,002 students (94%) 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.
Marquette 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 1, state house district 1.
Marquette 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 1,002 students, Marquette Elem School is larger 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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