📍 1434 N Parkside Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60651
Young Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelli Stanley. 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 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Young Elem School enrolls 480 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Black or African American, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 384 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 88 | 18% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.3% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
462 of the school's 480 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.
Young 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-70, state senate district 39, state house district 78.
Young 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 480 students, Young Elem School is close to the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large