📍 7511 S South Shore Dr, Chicago, Cook County, 60649
Powell Elem Paideia Comm Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 535 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sheila Barlow. 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 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Powell Elem Paideia Comm Academy enrolls 535 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 514 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
503 of the school's 535 students (94%) 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.
Powell Elem Paideia Comm Academy 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 13, state house district 25.
Powell Elem Paideia Comm Academy 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 535 students, Powell Elem Paideia Comm Academy 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
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