Air Force Acad High School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Air Force Acad High School is a rural-scale four-year high school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It teaches 131 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 84% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Air Force Acad High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Air Force Acad High School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 40% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Air Force Acad High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.6%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Air Force Acad High School is one.

The closest other public school is Minnie Minoso Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Air Force Acad High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Air Force Acad High School's enrollment has contracted 50% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 131). Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 44% to 56%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2025.

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