📍 9912 S Avenue H, Chicago, Cook County, 60617
Taylor Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 337 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dennis Bulmer. 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 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Taylor Elem School enrolls 337 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% Black or African American and 7.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 280 | 83% |
| Black or African American | 28 | 8.3% |
| White | 26 | 7.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
313 of the school's 337 students (93%) 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.
Taylor 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-20, state senate district 13, state house district 25.
Taylor 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 337 students, Taylor Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large