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Chicago Heights Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Chicago Hts, Cook County. The school has 940 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michele Kahney. It is part of the Chicago Heights SD 170 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 9% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chicago Heights Middle School enrolls 940 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 57 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 32% Black or African American and 3.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 590 | 63% |
| Black or African American | 297 | 32% |
| White | 34 | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
931 of the school's 940 students (99%) 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.
Chicago Heights Middle 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.
Chicago Heights Middle 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 940 students, Chicago Heights Middle School is larger 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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