📍 PO Box 546, Hopkins Park, Kankakee County, 60944
Lorenzo R Smith Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hopkins Park, Kankakee County. The school has 166 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Derek Jordan. It is part of the Pembroke CCSD 259 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lorenzo R Smith Elem School enrolls 166 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 92 | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 57 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 5.4% |
| White | 8 | 4.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
148 of the school's 166 students (89%) 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.
Lorenzo R Smith Elem School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 79.
Lorenzo R Smith Elem School is one of 1 schools in Pembroke CCSD 259, based in Hopkins Park, Illinois. The district serves 193 students district-wide and employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 166 students, Lorenzo R Smith Elem School is close to the district average of about 193 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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