📍 730 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, Cook County, 60624
Orr Academy High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 294 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karen Carpenter. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Orr Academy High School enrolls 294 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 58% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 213 | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 71 | 24% |
| White | 5 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
274 of the school's 294 students (93%) 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.
Orr 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 10.
Orr 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 294 students, Orr 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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