📍 5900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60660
Senn High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,583 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Holly Dacres. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 106.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 17% 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.
Senn High School enrolls 1,583 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 106.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Black or African American and 18% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 628 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 417 | 26% |
| White | 279 | 18% |
| Asian | 202 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,154 of the school's 1,583 students (73%) 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.
Senn 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 7, state house district 14.
Senn 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 1,583 students, Senn High School 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