📍 140 E 23rd St, Chicago Heights, Cook County, 60411
Garfield Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago Heights, Cook County. The school has 215 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Diane Kostovski. It is part of the Chicago Heights SD 170 school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Garfield Elem School enrolls 215 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Black or African American and 1.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 190 | 88% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 9.8% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
208 of the school's 215 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.
Garfield Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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-20, state senate district 40, state house district 80.
Garfield Elem School is one of 11 schools in Chicago Heights SD 170, based in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The district serves 2,674 students district-wide and employs 198 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 215 students, Garfield Elem School is close to the district average of about 243 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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