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Neil Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 248 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tawane Knox. 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 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Neil Elem School enrolls 248 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 237 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2.4% |
| White | 3 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
194 of the school's 248 students (78%) 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.
Neil 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 17, state house district 34.
Neil 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 248 students, Neil Elem 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