State/Public Elementary Open

Shields Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 4250 S Rockwell St, Chicago, Cook County, 60632

457
Pupils
12.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Shields Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 457 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michael Pacourek. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Michael Pacourek
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Shields Elem School enrolls 457 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.

Male students
228 (50%)
Female students
229 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
36.5
Student-teacher ratio
12.5:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% White and 1.1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino44196%
White81.8%
Black or African American51.1%
Asian2<1%
Two or more races1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

432 of the school's 457 students (95%) 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€“4Title I

Shields 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 2.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Shields 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 457 students, Shields Elem School 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

8%
Reading proficient
28%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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