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An Analysis Of The Demography Of Englewood Chicago Illinois Essay

Today, the 30,600 residents of the Englewood community in eastern Chicago are faced with some daunting challenges in providing their children with the high-quality educational services they need to succeed in the 21st century (Tu, 2016). The vast majority of the residents of this densely populated community are low-income minority members, and the violent crime rate is among the nation’s highest. Against this backdrop, identifying opportunities to improve the educational opportunities for Englewood’s young learners represents a timely and valuable enterprise. To this end, this paper provides a demographic analysis of the Anna R. Langford Community Academy in Chicago’s Englewood community, followed by a narrative analysis of these data. Finally, a discussion concerning the implications of the demographic analysis is followed by a summary of the research and important findings concerning these issues for the residents of Englewood in the conclusion. 1. Demographic Data Report:

Relevant demographic data for the Anna R. Langford Community Academy (hereinafter alternatively “Langford” or “the school”) include the following.

· The Anna R. Langford Community Academy is located at 6010 South Throop Street and is a Track E community school in Englewood with the primary mission of “making a difference in children’s lives through the turnaround initiative” by “providing a positive, nurturing, and safe learning-centered environment and a high-quality, comprehensive academic program focusing on literacy, math, science, and social studies” (Langford overview, 2018, p. 1).

· The school has 272 students (Langford overview, 2018).

· The overwhelming majority (97.1%) of the school’s...

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Location of the Anna R. Langford Community Academy
Source: http://www.langfordacademy.org/apps/maps/

2. Demographic Data Analysis

The borders of Englewood are shown in Figure 2 and its geographic location compared to Chicago is depicted in Figure 3 below.

Figure 2 and 3. Englewood borders and geographic location in Chicago

Source: https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_ Maps/Community_Areas/CA_ENGLEWOOD.pdf

While there are no recent data concerning what languages are spoken in the Englewood community, it is reasonable to posit that English is predominant since just 3.0% of the school’s students are Hispanic or classified as “other”; in addition, the school offers no bilingual resources (Langford overview, 2018). Likewise, although a current religious breakdown of the Englewood community is not available, other relevant demographic data are presented below:

· With a population density of 14.091 residents per square mile, the surrounding Englewood community is even more densely populated than Chicago at 11,909 residents per square mile (Englewood neighborhood overview, 2018).

· The unemployment rate of Englewood is 21.3% (Tu, 2016).

· The average…

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