Chicago Academy High School

Chicago Academy High School is one of the close-knit 9-12 campuss in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 580 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Chicago Academy High School sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Chicago Academy High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chicago Academy High School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Chicago Academy High School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Chicago Academy High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chicago Academy High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.9%; this one delivers 31.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Chicago Academy High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chicago Academy Elem School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chicago Academy High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 7%: 542 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 62% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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