EPIC Academy High School

EPIC Academy High School is a minimally staffed high school in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school hosts 255 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 69% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, EPIC Academy High School reports that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EPIC Academy High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 EPIC Academy High School is one.

The closest other public school is Ninos Heroes Elem Academic Ctr, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EPIC Academy High School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 16.1%.

EPIC Academy High School operates from an inner-city location. EPIC Academy High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. EPIC Academy High School's enrollment has edged down 53% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 255). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 538.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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