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Columbus West Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 5425 W 31st St, Cicero, Cook County, 60804

586
Pupils
13.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Columbus West Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cicero, Cook County. The school has 586 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heriberto Garcia. It is part of the Cicero SD 99 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Heriberto Garcia
School district
Cicero SD 99

Enrollment & staffing

Columbus West Elementary School enrolls 586 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.

Male students
291 (50%)
Female students
295 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
44
Student-teacher ratio
13.3:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino57298%
White5<1%
Black or African American5<1%
Asian2<1%
Two or more races2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

553 of the school's 586 students (94%) 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“4Title I

Columbus West Elementary 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 12, state house district 24.

School district: Cicero SD 99

Columbus West Elementary 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 586 students, Columbus West Elementary School is close to the district average of about 578 students per school.

8,664
District students
15
Schools
607
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

12%
Reading proficient
24%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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