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Air Force Acad High School

3630 S Wells St, Chicago, Cook County, 60609

144
Pupils
7.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Air Force Acad High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 144 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Yashika Trippett-eggleston. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.4:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. 15% 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.

School details

Principal
Yashika Trippett-eggleston
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Air Force Acad High School enrolls 144 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.4:1.

Male students
87 (60%)
Female students
57 (40%)
Teachers (FTE)
19.5
Student-teacher ratio
7.4:1
Grade span
9–12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American7854%
Hispanic or Latino5740%
White74.9%
Asian1<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

115 of the school's 144 students (80%) 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 9–12Title I

Air Force Acad 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 3, state house district 6.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Air Force Acad 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 144 students, Air Force Acad High School is smaller 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

15%
Reading proficient
15%
Math proficient
24%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi 💻 Provides devices 🏛️ Dual enrollment Gifted program

Setting: City - Large

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