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Barack Obama Sch of Ldership is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago Heights, Cook County. The school has 329 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lori Colbert. It is part of the Park Forest SD 163 school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Barack Obama Sch of Ldership enrolls 329 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 265 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.5% |
| White | 6 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
244 of the school's 329 students (74%) 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.
Barack Obama Sch of Ldership 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.
Barack Obama Sch of Ldership is one of 6 schools in Park Forest SD 163, based in Park Forest, Illinois. The district serves 1,524 students district-wide and employs 121 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 329 students, Barack Obama Sch of Ldership is larger than the district average of about 254 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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