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Manley Career Academy High School

๐Ÿ“ 2935 W Polk St, Chicago, Cook County, 60612

124
Pupils
9.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Manley Career Academy High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 124 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melanie Beatty. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Melanie Beatty
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Manley Career Academy High School enrolls 124 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.

Male students
76 (61%)
Female students
48 (39%)
Teachers (FTE)
12.5
Student-teacher ratio
9.9:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American10887%
Hispanic or Latino97.3%
White43.2%
Two or more races32.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

112 of the school's 124 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9โ€“12Title I

Manley Career 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-70, state senate district 5, state house district 9.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Manley Career 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 124 students, Manley Career Academy High School is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

27%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment

Setting: City - Large

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