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KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Acad is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 905 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Steven Greer. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Acad enrolls 905 students across grades K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 106 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 850 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 47 | 5.2% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
856 of the school's 905 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.
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Acad 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 5, state house district 9.
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Acad 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 905 students, KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Acad 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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