📍 5248 S Sawyer Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60632
Sawyer Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,030 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nelly Robles. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 7% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sawyer Elem School enrolls 1,030 students across grades K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 997 | 97% |
| White | 17 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
987 of the school's 1,030 students (96%) 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.
Sawyer 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-40, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Sawyer 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 1,030 students, Sawyer 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