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Brooks College Prep Academy HS

๐Ÿ“ 250 E 111th St, Chicago, Cook County, 60628

990
Pupils
17.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Brooks College Prep Academy HS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 990 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannae Jackson. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 7โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. The school offers 19 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Shannae Jackson
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Brooks College Prep Academy HS enrolls 990 students across grades 7โ€“12. The student body is 40% male and 60% female. A teaching staff of 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.

Male students
396 (40%)
Female students
594 (60%)
Teachers (FTE)
55.5
Student-teacher ratio
17.8:1
Grade span
7โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Black or African American, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 1% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American78980%
Hispanic or Latino18018%
White101%
Two or more races6<1%
Asian2<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander2<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

606 of the school's 990 students (61%) 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 7โ€“12Title I

Brooks College Prep 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-20, state senate district 14, state house district 28.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Brooks College Prep 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 990 students, Brooks College Prep Academy HS is larger 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

62%
Reading proficient
42%
Math proficient
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 ๐ŸŽ“ AP courses (19) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment โญ Gifted program

Setting: City - Large

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