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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Kenwood Academy High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
2,268
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000925
Kenwood Academy High School
5015 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60615 · (773) 535-1350 · Cook County
GRADES 07–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,268 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Illinois public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
130 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
1,220 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 147 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 403 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 533 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 465 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 563 | 25% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
83.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
71.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 71.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 49.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kenwood Academy High School
Kenwood Academy High School's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwood Academy High School this school | 2,268 | 53.8% | 62.1% |
| Rich Township High School Olympia Fields | 2,433 | 44.1% | 16.1% |
| Brooks College Prep Academy High School Chicago | 1,007 | 58.8% | 71.7% |
| Crete-Monee High School Crete | 1,480 | 57.0% | 18.3% |
| Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School Chicago | 1,316 | 57.8% | 55.9% |
| Thornton Fractnl So High School Lansing | 1,803 | 65.8% | 26.6% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kenwood Academy High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #23 of 573 | #12 of 170 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #4 of 75 ▲ 1 | #4 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #5 of 75 ▲ 4 | #5 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,268 | #56 of 708 | #22 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #482 of 528 | #154 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #300 of 537 | #108 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #254 of 578 | #148 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.2% | #17 of 191 | #11 of 86 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,268
+124 (+6%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,925
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,268 | 130.3 | 17.4:1 | 54% (1,220) |
| 2023-24 | 2,337 | 128.5 | 18.2:1 | 57% (1,328) |
| 2022-23 | 2,338 | 122 | 19.2:1 | 59% (1,381) |
| 2020-21 | 2,144 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,756 | 92.1 | 19.1:1 | 60% (1,050) |
| 2015-16 | 1,730 | 94 | 18.4:1 | 65% (1,133) |
| 2010-11 | 1,822 | 101 | 18.0:1 | 78% (1,422) |
| 2000-01 | 1,868 | 96 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,925 | 101 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenwood Academy High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (1,756 to 2,268); teachers up 41% (92.1 to 130.3).
About Kenwood Academy High School
Chicago, Illinois, is home to Kenwood Academy High School, a high-enrollment high school. Classes run from 7 through 12, and the school has 2,268 students. The average for high schools in Illinois is about 834 students, so this school is 172% larger than average.
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
Black students are the large majority at Kenwood Academy High School, with 82% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic, 6% White, and 2% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Kenwood Academy High School comes in at 31%.
Staffing totals 130.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Kenwood Academy High School is 54%. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Measured against Illinois public high schools, Kenwood Academy High School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Kenwood Academy High School is 40.5%. It actually posts 62.1%, which is 21.6 points higher and in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
Cook County census figures show that median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kenwood Academy High School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
Of nearby public schools, Shoesmith Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Kenwood Academy High School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 2,144 in 2020-21 and 2,268 in 2024-25, a 6% rise.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Kenwood Academy High School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
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- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Jones College Prep High SchoolHigh · 1,954 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Jones College Prep High SchoolHigh · 1,954 students
Nearby schools
- Shoesmith Elementary School0.3 mi · 294
- Murray Elementary Language Academy0.4 mi · 477
- Bret Harte Elementary School0.7 mi · 339
- Ariel Elementary Community Academy0.7 mi · 364
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Nth Kenwood0.7 mi · 304
- Kozminski Elementary Community Academy0.7 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Kenwood Academy High SchoolHow large is Kenwood Academy High School?
Kenwood Academy High School enrolls approximately 2,268 students in grades 07-12.
Is Kenwood Academy High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kenwood Academy High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Kenwood Academy High School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Kenwood Academy High School.
How diverse is Kenwood Academy High School?
Kenwood Academy High School reports a student body of 6% White, 7% Hispanic, 82% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Kenwood Academy High School public or private?
Kenwood Academy High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.