📍 11220 S Wallace St, Chicago, Cook County, 60628
Fenger Academy High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 282 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mescha Robertson. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fenger Academy High School enrolls 282 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 269 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 3.9% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
245 of the school's 282 students (87%) 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.
Fenger Academy High School 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 14, state house district 28.
Fenger Academy High School 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 282 students, Fenger Academy High School is smaller 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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