📍 6201 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60629
Fairfield Elem Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 456 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Claudia Lopez. 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 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fairfield Elem Academy enrolls 456 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 371 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 84 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
448 of the school's 456 students (98%) 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.
Fairfield 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 3, state house district 6.
Fairfield 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 456 students, Fairfield 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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