ACE Amandla Charter School

As an one-room-style high school in Chicago, Illinois, ACE Amandla Charter School works with 137 students from grades 9 through 12, run under ACE Amandla Charter School. Enrollment runs roughly 84% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

ACE Amandla Charter School is the operating authority for ACE Amandla Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, ACE Amandla Charter School logs that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 47% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACE Amandla Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.7%; this one delivers 13.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ACE Amandla Charter School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is McKay Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ACE Amandla Charter School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.4%.

ACE Amandla Charter School operates from an urban location. ACE Amandla Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 44%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 137 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 96% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.