Chicago World Language Academy

Located at 1340 W Harrison St, in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago World Language Academy is a mid-sized K-5 school that instructs 449 students (grades K through 8), operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Chicago World Language Academy is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that educates 324,396 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Chicago World Language Academy logs that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Chicago World Language Academy lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chicago World Language Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 58.7%, a residual of +9.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Chicago World Language Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Young Magnet High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chicago World Language Academy comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Chicago World Language Academy's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 449). Over the same period, the White share fell from 15% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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