📍 1013 Division St, Chicago Heights, Cook County, 60411
Kennedy Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago Heights, Cook County. The school has 177 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Artis Mccann. It is part of the Chicago Heights SD 170 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kennedy Elem School enrolls 177 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Black or African American, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 101 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 71 | 40% |
| White | 3 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
173 of the school's 177 students (98%) 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.
Kennedy 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.
Kennedy 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 177 students, Kennedy Elem School is smaller than 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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