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Woodson South Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 294 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tamara Littlejohn. 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 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Woodson South Elem School enrolls 294 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 282 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
242 of the school's 294 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.
Woodson South 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 13, state house district 26.
Woodson South 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 294 students, Woodson South 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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