Prosser Career Academy HS

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Prosser Career Academy HS is a mid-sized 9-12 campus, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It teaches 1,185 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Prosser Career Academy HS sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Prosser Career Academy HS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Prosser Career Academy HS reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder consists of 23% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Prosser Career Academy HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.0%; this one delivers 25.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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 Prosser Career Academy HS is one.

Noble St Chtr-ITW Speer Acad is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prosser Career Academy HS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prosser Career Academy HS has contracted 15%, going from 1,395 students in 2018 to 1,185 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 18% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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