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Palmer Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 735 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Dixon. 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 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Palmer Elem School enrolls 735 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 50 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 16% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 313 | 43% |
| White | 252 | 34% |
| Asian | 117 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
495 of the school's 735 students (67%) 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.
Palmer 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-50, state senate district 8, state house district 15.
Palmer 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 735 students, Palmer 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