📍 138 W 109th St, Chicago, Cook County, 60628
Lavizzo Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 342 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Herald Watson. 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 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lavizzo Elem School enrolls 342 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 2% Hispanic or Latino and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 334 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
330 of the school's 342 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.
Lavizzo 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-10, state senate district 14, state house district 28.
Lavizzo 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 342 students, Lavizzo 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
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