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McDade Elem Classical School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 210 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stacy Gray. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades K–7 in an urban setting. The school employs 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McDade Elem Classical School enrolls 210 students across grades K–7. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 3.8% Two or more races and 2.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 191 | 91% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.8% |
| White | 5 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
80 of the school's 210 students (38%) 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.
McDade Elem Classical School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-10, state senate district 17, state house district 34.
McDade Elem Classical 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 210 students, McDade Elem Classical 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
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