Douglass Academy High School

Douglass Academy High School is one of the micro-enrollment high schools in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 29 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Douglass Academy High School sits 97% smaller than that benchmark.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Douglass Academy High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Douglass Academy High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, On paper, Douglass Academy High School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 2.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Douglass Academy High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at Douglass Academy High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Douglass Academy High School is one campus in the mix.

Ellington Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 71%: 101 students in 2018 compared to 29 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 2.4:1 today.

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