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Tilden Career Communty Academy HS

๐Ÿ“ 4747 S Union Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60609

257
Pupils
10.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Tilden Career Communty Academy HS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 257 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dawn Ramos. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Dawn Ramos
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Tilden Career Communty Academy HS enrolls 257 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.

Male students
134 (52%)
Female students
123 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student-teacher ratio
10.7:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 40% Black or African American and 8.9% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino12147%
Black or African American10340%
White238.9%
Asian51.9%
Two or more races41.6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

217 of the school's 257 students (84%) 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

Tilden Career Communty 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-70, state senate district 3, state house district 6.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Tilden Career Communty 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 257 students, Tilden Career Communty Academy HS 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

23%
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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