📍 3200 S Calumet Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60616
Pershing Elem Humanities Magnet is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 429 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Safurat Giwa. 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 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pershing Elem Humanities Magnet enrolls 429 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 405 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.4% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
353 of the school's 429 students (82%) 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.
Pershing Elem Humanities Magnet 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 3, state house district 5.
Pershing Elem Humanities Magnet 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 429 students, Pershing Elem Humanities Magnet is close to 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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