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Swift Elem Specialty School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 532 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Margaret Alhasoon. 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 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Swift Elem Specialty School enrolls 532 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Asian and 24% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 157 | 30% |
| Asian | 137 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 130 | 24% |
| White | 87 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
438 of the school's 532 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.
Swift Elem Specialty 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 7, state house district 14.
Swift Elem Specialty 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 532 students, Swift Elem Specialty School 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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