State/Public Elementary Open

Seward Elem Communication Arts Ac

๐Ÿ“ 4600 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60609

449
Pupils
12.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Seward Elem Communication Arts Ac is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 449 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nora Cadenas. 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 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 6% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Nora Cadenas
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Seward Elem Communication Arts Ac enrolls 449 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.

Male students
219 (49%)
Female students
230 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
35.5
Student-teacher ratio
12.7:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Black or African American and <1% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino43396%
Black or African American81.8%
White4<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%
Two or more races1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

429 of the school's 449 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“8Title I

Seward Elem Communication Arts Ac 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 3, state house district 6.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Seward Elem Communication Arts Ac 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 449 students, Seward Elem Communication Arts Ac is close to 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

6%
Reading proficient
4%
Math proficient
31%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Large

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