Tilden Career Communty Academy HS

Tilden Career Communty Academy HS is a tiny four-year high school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school enrolls 288 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Tilden Career Communty Academy HS sits 65% below that benchmark.

Tilden Career Communty Academy HS is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that educates 324,396 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Tilden Career Communty Academy HS reports that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 31% Black, 7% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at Tilden Career Communty Academy HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tilden Career Communty Academy HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 8.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tilden Career Communty Academy HS is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Graham An Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tilden Career Communty Academy HS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 14.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 16%: 249 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 35% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.