State/Public Elementary Open

Legacy Elem Charter School

๐Ÿ“ 3318 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60623

449
Pupils
23.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Legacy Elem Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 449 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shelia Foster. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Shelia Foster
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Legacy Elem Charter School enrolls 449 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.

Male students
218 (49%)
Female students
231 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
19.4
Student-teacher ratio
23.1:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American42094%
Hispanic or Latino224.9%
White3<1%
Two or more races2<1%
Asian1<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

420 of the school's 449 students (94%) 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

Legacy Elem Charter School 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 9.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Legacy Elem Charter 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 449 students, Legacy Elem Charter School is close to 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

8%
Reading proficient
3%
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 ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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