📍 2728 S Kostner Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60623
Zapata Elem Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 515 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Salvador Velasco. 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 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Zapata Elem Academy enrolls 515 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 512 | 99% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
476 of the school's 515 students (92%) 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.
Zapata Elem 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-40, state senate district 12, state house district 24.
Zapata Elem 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 515 students, Zapata Elem 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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