Bronzeville Scholastic HS

Bronzeville Scholastic HS, a rural-scale high school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, hosts 119 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 86% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Bronzeville Scholastic HS is among them.

On demographics, Bronzeville Scholastic HS records that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bronzeville Scholastic HS has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bronzeville Scholastic HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 6.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Bronzeville Scholastic HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Williams Medical Prep High Sch, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bronzeville Scholastic HS at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 12.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Bronzeville Scholastic HS's enrollment has contracted 63% since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 119). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 3% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 today.

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