📍 535 E 35th St, Chicago, Cook County, 60616
James R Doolittle Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 255 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Iysha Jones. 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 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
James R Doolittle Academy enrolls 255 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Black or African American and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 254 | 100% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
253 of the school's 255 students (99%) 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.
James R Doolittle 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-10, state senate district 13, state house district 26.
James R Doolittle 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 255 students, James R Doolittle Academy 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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