Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch

Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, works with 276 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 28% below typical.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch lists that Black students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.3%, the actual is 10.9%, a residual of -9.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch is one.

Herzl Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 11.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Dvorak Technology Acad Elem Sch's enrollment has contracted 29% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 276). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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