Andrew Jackson Language Academy

Andrew Jackson Language Academy
Andrew Jackson Language Academy
Address
	1340 West Harrison Street; Chicago, Illinois 60607; United States
Information
Type	Public primary school
School district	Chicago Public Schools
Grades	K-8[1]
Enrollment	506 (2020-21)[1]
Website	www.cps.edu/schools/schoolprofiles/chicago-world-language-academy

Andrew Jackson School was opened in 1894 to serve children from the crowded tenement community surrounding the Polk Street Station port of entry for immigrants. That year was started one of the first public schools kindergartens in Chicago, Illinois. Since 1981 this school has offered foreign language instruction to Chicago's students. In 1988, the Andrew Jackson Language Academy moved into a new and up-to-date facility.

Languages

Andrew Jackson has five different languages to offer. They are Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese.

Grades

AJLA offers kindergarten through eighth grade. Each grade has two classes and two teachers. An exception is 7th and 8th graders. They have a teacher for each subject. Classes normally have around 32 children each.

References

"Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Jackson A Elem Language Acad". nces.ed.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

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[NCES-1] "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Jackson A Elem Language Acad". nces.ed.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved April 19, 2022.