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Collins Academy High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 234 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lekenya Sharpe. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Collins Academy High School enrolls 234 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 222 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 4.7% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
229 of the school's 234 students (98%) 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.
Collins Academy 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-70, state senate district 5, state house district 9.
Collins Academy 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 234 students, Collins Academy High School 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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