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Juarez Community Academy HS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,654 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Juan Ocon. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 115.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 7% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Juarez Community Academy HS enrolls 1,654 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 115.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% Black or African American and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,558 | 94% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 2.8% |
| White | 26 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 10 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,486 of the school's 1,654 students (90%) 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.
Juarez Community Academy 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-40, state senate district 1, state house district 2.
Juarez Community Academy 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 1,654 students, Juarez Community Academy HS is larger than 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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