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Taft High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 4,464 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ryan Glowacz. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 7–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 269 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The school offers 42 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Taft High School enrolls 4,464 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 269 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 42% White and 6.7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,940 | 43% |
| White | 1,889 | 42% |
| Asian | 301 | 6.7% |
| Two or more races | 152 | 3.4% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 30 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 15 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
2,286 of the school's 4,464 students (51%) 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.
Taft 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-50, state senate district 10, state house district 20.
Taft 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 4,464 students, Taft 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