State/Public Elementary Open

Academy for Global Citizenship

๐Ÿ“ 4647 W 47th St, Chicago, Cook County, 60632

462
Pupils
13.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Academy for Global Citizenship is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 462 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Saskia Rombouts. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Saskia Rombouts
School district
City of Chicago SD 299
Gender
Coeducational

Enrollment & staffing

Academy for Global Citizenship enrolls 462 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.

Male students
221 (48%)
Female students
241 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
35
Student-teacher ratio
13.2:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% White and 1.5% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino43193%
White153.2%
Black or African American71.5%
Two or more races51.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

298 of the school's 462 students (65%) 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

Academy for Global Citizenship 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-40, state senate district 1, state house district 1.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Academy for Global Citizenship 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 462 students, Academy for Global Citizenship 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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International affiliations

IB World School
IB PYP (Ages 3โ€“12) IB MYP (Ages 11โ€“16)
IBO code
004848
IB since
22 May 2012
IB region
Americas
Country
United States

Academic Performance

24%
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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