📍 11533 S Ada St, Chicago, Cook County, 60643
Whistler Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 269 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katina Dale. 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 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Whistler Elem School enrolls 269 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 3% Two or more races and 1.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 257 | 96% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1.1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
250 of the school's 269 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.
Whistler 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 27.
Whistler 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 269 students, Whistler 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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