📍 800 E 14th St, Ford Heights, Cook County, 60411
Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ford Heights, Cook County. The school has 153 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sharon Rivers. It is part of the Ford Heights SD 169 school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center enrolls 153 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 12 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American and 7.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 141 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 7.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
140 of the school's 153 students (92%) 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.
Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center 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 15, state house district 29.
Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center is one of 2 schools in Ford Heights SD 169, based in Ford Heights, Illinois. The district serves 462 students district-wide and employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 153 students, Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center is smaller than the district average of about 231 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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