Fenger Academy High School

As an one-room-style secondary school in Chicago, Illinois, Fenger Academy High School hosts 312 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Fenger Academy High School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Fenger Academy High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%); the rest consists of 6% 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 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fenger Academy High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 20.4%; this one comes in at 2.5%, -18.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put 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 Fenger Academy High School is one.

Haley Elem Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fenger Academy High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fenger Academy High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fenger Academy High School has grew 28%, going from 244 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.