Chicago Military Academy HS

Located at 3519 S Giles Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Military Academy HS is a micro-enrollment four-year high school that educates 209 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 75% below the state mean of about 834.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Chicago Military Academy HS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Chicago Military Academy HS records that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Chicago Military Academy HS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.0%; this one comes in at 17.0%, -15.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Chicago Military Academy HS is one.

Wells Preparatory Elem Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chicago Military Academy HS. On composite proficiency, Chicago Military Academy HS comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.0%.

Chicago Military Academy HS operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 32%: 309 students in 2018 compared to 209 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 65% to 70%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.