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Curie Metropolitan High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 3,178 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Homero Penuelas. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 193.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 9% 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.
Curie Metropolitan High School enrolls 3,178 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 193.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Black or African American and 2% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 2,748 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 316 | 9.9% |
| Asian | 64 | 2% |
| White | 36 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
2,691 of the school's 3,178 students (85%) 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.
Curie Metropolitan 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-40, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Curie Metropolitan 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 3,178 students, Curie Metropolitan 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
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