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Shields Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 443 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jose Moreno. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 5–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shields Middle School enrolls 443 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 436 | 98% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.4% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
428 of the school's 443 students (97%) 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.
Shields Middle 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 1, state house district 1.
Shields Middle 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 443 students, Shields Middle School is close to 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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