Kenwood Academy High School

Kenwood Academy High School operates as a big senior high in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 2,268 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Kenwood Academy High School sits 172% bigger than that benchmark.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Kenwood Academy High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Kenwood Academy High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kenwood Academy High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 62.1%, a residual of +21.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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%. Kenwood Academy High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shoesmith Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kenwood Academy High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kenwood Academy High School has climbed 29%, going from 1,756 students in 2018 to 2,268 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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