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Dunbar Vocational Career Acad HS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 511 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Richard Mcmillan. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dunbar Vocational Career Acad HS enrolls 511 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 42% male and 58% female. A teaching staff of 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Black or African American, 5.9% Two or more races and 4.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 458 | 90% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 4.1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
453 of the school's 511 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dunbar Vocational Career Acad HS is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-10, state senate district 3, state house district 5.
Dunbar Vocational Career Acad HS is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 511 students, Dunbar Vocational Career Acad HS is close to the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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