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Catalyst Charter - Maria ES is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,095 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jacquelin Baker. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 7% of students are proficient in reading. 2% are proficient in maths. The school offers 8 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Catalyst Charter - Maria ES enrolls 1,095 students across grades K–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 94 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 42% Black or African American and 1.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 607 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 462 | 42% |
| White | 16 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 9 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,037 of the school's 1,095 students (95%) 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.
Catalyst Charter - Maria ES 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 3, state house district 6.
Catalyst Charter - Maria ES 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 1,095 students, Catalyst Charter - Maria ES 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
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