Phoenix Military Academy HS

Phoenix Military Academy HS, a close-knit high school in Chicago, Illinois, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, educates 372 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Phoenix Military Academy HS is among them.

On demographics, Phoenix Military Academy HS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). The remainder consists of 15% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Phoenix Military Academy HS reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Phoenix Military Academy HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.1%; this one delivers 23.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Phoenix Military Academy HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Crane Medical Prep HS, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Phoenix Military Academy HS at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 18.8%.

Phoenix Military Academy HS operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Phoenix Military Academy HS has fell 30%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 372 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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