State/Public Elementary Open

Aldridge Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 630 E 131st St, Chicago, Cook County, 60827

235
Pupils
15.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Aldridge Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 235 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Afua Badu. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Afua Badu
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Aldridge Elem School enrolls 235 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.

Male students
121 (51%)
Female students
114 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student-teacher ratio
15.7:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American and 3.4% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American22797%
Hispanic or Latino83.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

223 of the school's 235 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“8Title I

Aldridge 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 15, state house district 29.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Aldridge 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 235 students, Aldridge Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

35%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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