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Public School
Title 1
Data about Title 1 status comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Pre-K - 8 Grades Served
592 Students
38 Teachers
5900 N Winthrop AveContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and Ðǿմ«Ã½ updates our site ahead of each school year.
Chicago, IL 60660
About this school
G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty School is
an urban public school
in Chicago, Illinois that is part of Chicago Public School District 299.
It serves 592 students
in Pre-K - 8
with a student/teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
Its teachers have had 640 projects funded on Ðǿմ«Ã½.
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G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty School Demographics
82%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
78%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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Last updated Jun 19, 2025
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G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty School
$266,762
raised using Ðǿմ«Ã½
640
projects
funded
95
teachers
funded
1,503
donors
34
projects
for
basic supplies
80
projects for
technology
129
projects for
books
14
projects
for
art supplies
G.B. Swift Elementary Specialty School has received support from
950 individuals from Illinois and
553 individuals out-of-state.
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