📍 6901 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60629
McKay Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 622 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Aundre Hayes. 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 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
McKay Elem School enrolls 622 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 438 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 168 | 27% |
| White | 12 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
565 of the school's 622 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.
McKay 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 16, state house district 32.
McKay 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 622 students, McKay 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