Clemente Community Academy HS

Located at 1147 N Western Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Clemente Community Academy HS is a mid-tier senior high that works with 745 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Clemente Community Academy HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Clemente Community Academy HS records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 26% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Clemente Community Academy HS shows 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clemente Community Academy HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.8%; this one delivers 10.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Clemente Community Academy HS is one.

Nearest neighbor: De Diego Elem Community Academy, around 0.2 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), Clemente Community Academy HS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Clemente Community Academy HS's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 753 (now 745). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 30% to 26%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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