State/Public Elementary Open

Gary Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 130 E Forest Ave, West Chicago, DuPage County, 60185

443
Pupils
12.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Gary Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in West Chicago, DuPage County. The school has 443 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amie Correa. It is part of the West Chicago ESD 33 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 14% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Amie Correa
School district
West Chicago ESD 33

Enrollment & staffing

Gary Elementary School enrolls 443 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.

Male students
201 (45%)
Female students
242 (55%)
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student-teacher ratio
12.3:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 1.8% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino36081%
White6314%
Two or more races81.8%
Black or African American61.4%
Asian51.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

221 of the school's 443 students (50%) 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

Gary 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-30, state senate district 25, state house district 49.

School district: West Chicago ESD 33

Gary Elementary School is one of 11 schools in West Chicago ESD 33, based in West Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 3,233 students district-wide and employs 330 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 443 students, Gary Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 294 students per school.

3,233
District students
11
Schools
330
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

14%
Reading proficient
14%
Math proficient
18%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

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

Setting: Suburb - Large

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