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Providence-st Mel School

119 S Central Park Blvd, Chicago, IL, 60624-0606 -

School Overview:

	Providence-st Mel School
Religious Affiliation	Christian (no specific denomination)
Grades Offered	Grades Kindergarten - 12
County	Cook County, IL
Student Body
Total Students	558 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(IL) School Avg.
% Students of Color	100%	29%
Students by Grade
	Kind - 35 students
	Grade 1 - 38 students
	Grade 2 - 33 students
	Grade 3 - 38 students
	Grade 4 - 25 students
	Grade 5 - 25 students
	Grade 6 - 26 students
	Grade 7 - 40 students
	Grade 8 - 25 students
	Grade 9 - 111 students
	Grade 10 - 72 students
	Grade 11 - 44 students
	Grade 12 - 46 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	57 teachers
	This School	(IL) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:10	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	175 days	178 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling

In the News:

Docu not very effective (New York Post)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 04:39:28 am
THE all-black Providence St. Mel School is situ ated on Chicago's im poverished and gang-infested West Side, yet it is noted for its high academic standards. For nine years it has sent 100 percent of its graduates to college. The documentary "The ...
Movie Review: Educational Success in Documentary ??Providence Effect' (Washington Post)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
No muckraking, scandalmaking or Michael Moore-manship here. "The Providence Effect" is simply an earnest, if long, documentary about an undeniably good thing -- the Providence St. Mel school, which is kind of like Lake Wobegon, transplanted to Chicago's rough West Side: All the administrators are...
The Weekend Warrior: September 25 - 27 (Coming Soon)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 04:59:41 pm
ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior offers a preview of the new releases opening on Friday, September 25 including the latest sci-fi action movie from Bruce Willis, Surrogates (Disney/Touchstone), the remake of the high school musical Fame (MGM) and the sci-fi thriller Pandorum (Overture Films). This week's "The Chosen One" is Scott Hicks' drama The Boys are Back (Miramax) starring Clive Owen.
School Notes (Glenview Announcements)
posted on September 1, 2009 at 04:01:07 am
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Talk to Me, Baby (DCist)
posted on August 31, 2009 at 04:53:38 pm
The Phillips Collection and the Hirshhorn are teaming up for two lectures this week on the figurative work by Philip Guston (his "Daydreams" is pictured above) and Georg Baselitz. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area It's another slow week for lectures at the local museums, but there are a number of interesting events at the various Busboys locations, as well as at Politics ...

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (60624)	School Zip (60624)	(IL) State Average
Population (Approximate)	45,647 people	12,415,876 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	10%	24%
Population Average Age	28 years old	34 years old
Average Household size	3.3 persons	2.6 persons
Median Household Income	$22,426	$48,019
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.4 rooms	5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	66 years old	50 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (60624) What's a Zindex? Subject to Zillow Terms of Use
% Owning / % Renting	30% / 70%	61% / 39%