State/Public Elementary Open

Owen Elem Scholastic Academy

๐Ÿ“ 8247 S Christiana Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60652

271
Pupils
15.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Owen Elem Scholastic Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 271 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ronald Berdell. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Ronald Berdell
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Owen Elem Scholastic Academy enrolls 271 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.

Male students
147 (54%)
Female students
124 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student-teacher ratio
15.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American26598%
Hispanic or Latino41.5%
Two or more races2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

151 of the school's 271 students (56%) 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“8Title I

Owen Elem Scholastic 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-10, state senate district 16, state house district 31.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Owen Elem Scholastic 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 271 students, Owen Elem Scholastic Academy is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

12%
Reading proficient
32%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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