Providence-Englewood Elem Charter

As a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, Providence-Englewood Elem Charter hosts 428 students from grades K through 8, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Providence-Englewood Elem Charter is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Providence-Englewood Elem Charter records that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Providence-Englewood Elem Charter tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that 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 Providence-Englewood Elem Charter is one.

Davis M Magnet 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Providence-Englewood Elem Charter at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 21.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Providence-Englewood Elem Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Providence-Englewood Elem Charter's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 428). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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