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Azuela Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 718 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Gloria Taylor. 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 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Azuela Elem School enrolls 718 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 695 | 97% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.1% |
| White | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
577 of the school's 718 students (80%) 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.
Azuela 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-40, state senate district 11, state house district 22.
Azuela 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 718 students, Azuela Elem School is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large