State/Public Elementary Open

Farragut Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 701 Glenwood Ave, Joliet, Will County, 60435

554
Pupils
17.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Farragut Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Joliet, Will County. The school has 554 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Larry Tucker. It is part of the Joliet PSD 86 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Larry Tucker
School district
Joliet PSD 86

Enrollment & staffing

Farragut Elem School enrolls 554 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.

Male students
289 (52%)
Female students
265 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
31.9
Student-teacher ratio
17.4:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 37% Black or African American and 5.6% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino28952%
Black or African American20637%
White315.6%
Two or more races285.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

526 of the school's 554 students (95%) 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 Kโ€“5Title I

Farragut 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 43, state house district 86.

School district: Joliet PSD 86

Farragut Elem School is one of 22 schools in Joliet PSD 86, based in Joliet, Illinois. The district serves 9,333 students district-wide and employs 639 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 554 students, Farragut Elem School is larger than the district average of about 424 students per school.

9,333
District students
22
Schools
639
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

8%
Reading proficient
25%
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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