Williams Medical Prep High Sch

Located at 4934 S Wabash Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Williams Medical Prep High Sch is an one-room-style 9-12 campus that instructs 74 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. That puts it 91% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Williams Medical Prep High Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Williams Medical Prep High Sch records that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Williams Medical Prep High Sch reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Williams Medical Prep High Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Williams Medical Prep High Sch is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Bronzeville Scholastic HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 68%: 231 students in 2018 compared to 74 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 4.6:1 today.

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