State/Public Elementary Open

Locke A Elem Charter Academy

๐Ÿ“ 3141 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, 60612

321
Pupils
12.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Locke A Elem Charter Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 321 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Patrick Love. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Patrick Love
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Locke A Elem Charter Academy enrolls 321 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.

Male students
139 (43%)
Female students
182 (57%)
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student-teacher ratio
12.8:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American and 1.2% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American31799%
Hispanic or Latino41.2%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

294 of the school's 321 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Kโ€“8Charter schoolTitle I

Locke A Elem Charter Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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 5, state house district 10.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Locke A Elem Charter 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 321 students, Locke A Elem Charter Academy is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

25%
Reading proficient
7%
Math proficient
33%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Large

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