State/Public Elementary Open

Plato Learning Acad Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 5545 W Harrison St, Chicago, Cook County, 60644

176
Pupils
22.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Plato Learning Acad Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 176 pupils enrolled. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Plato Learning Acad Elem School enrolls 176 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.

Male students
87 (49%)
Female students
89 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
8
Student-teacher ratio
22.0:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American and 1.1% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American17499%
Hispanic or Latino21.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

174 of the school's 176 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Kโ€“8Title I

Plato Learning Acad 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-70, state senate district 4, state house district 8.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Plato Learning Acad 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 176 students, Plato Learning Acad Elem School 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

34%
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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