📍 5042 S Artesian Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60632
Christopher Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 319 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katherine Gallagher. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Christopher Elem School enrolls 319 students across grades K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 2.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 270 | 85% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 13% |
| White | 8 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
297 of the school's 319 students (93%) 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.
Christopher 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-40, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Christopher 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 319 students, Christopher 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
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