📍 6938 S East End Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60649
Parkside Elem Community Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 236 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tiffanie Alcantar. 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 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Parkside Elem Community Academy enrolls 236 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 3% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 228 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
216 of the school's 236 students (92%) 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.
Parkside Elem Community 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-20, state senate district 13, state house district 26.
Parkside Elem Community 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 236 students, Parkside Elem Community Academy 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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