📍 5407 W 36th St, Cicero, Cook County, 60804
Drexel Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cicero, Cook County. The school has 431 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ted Henley. It is part of the Cicero SD 99 school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Drexel Elem School enrolls 431 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 418 | 97% |
| White | 9 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
348 of the school's 431 students (81%) 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.
Drexel 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-40, state senate district 11, state house district 21.
Drexel Elem School is one of 15 schools in Cicero SD 99, based in Cicero, Illinois. The district serves 8,664 students district-wide and employs 607 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 431 students, Drexel Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 578 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large