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Wells Community Academy HS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 353 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Frances Evins. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wells Community Academy HS enrolls 353 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 16% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 166 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 122 | 35% |
| White | 55 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
285 of the school's 353 students (81%) 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.
Wells Community 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 2, state house district 4.
Wells Community 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 353 students, Wells Community Academy HS 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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