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Whitney Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 598 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Evelia Diaz. 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 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 13% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whitney Elem School enrolls 598 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 591 | 99% |
| White | 5 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
568 of the school's 598 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.
Whitney 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 12, state house district 24.
Whitney 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 598 students, Whitney Elem School is larger 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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