📍 6445 W Strong St, Chicago, Cook County, 60656
Beard Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 182 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Manda Lukic. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.5:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Beard Elem School enrolls 182 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 7.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 80 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 40% |
| Asian | 13 | 7.1% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 6% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
64 of the school's 182 students (35%) 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.
Beard Elem School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-50, state senate district 10, state house district 19.
Beard 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 182 students, Beard 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