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Farragut Career Academy HS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 529 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Virag Nanavati. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Farragut Career Academy HS enrolls 529 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 447 | 84% |
| Black or African American | 75 | 14% |
| White | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
497 of the school's 529 students (94%) 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.
Farragut Career 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 11, state house district 21.
Farragut Career 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 529 students, Farragut Career Academy 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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