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Yates Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 280 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Claudia Jimenez. 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 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yates Elem School enrolls 280 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 4.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 194 | 69% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 24% |
| White | 12 | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
241 of the school's 280 students (86%) 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.
Yates 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-30, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Yates 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 280 students, Yates 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