State/Public High Open

Legal Prep Academy Charter HS

๐Ÿ“ 4319 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, 60624

256
Pupils
23.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Legal Prep Academy Charter HS is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 256 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joseph Williams. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Joseph Williams
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Legal Prep Academy Charter HS enrolls 256 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 42% male and 58% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.

Male students
108 (42%)
Female students
148 (58%)
Teachers (FTE)
11
Student-teacher ratio
23.3:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American24997%
Hispanic or Latino62.3%
Two or more races1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

232 of the school's 256 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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 9โ€“12Charter schoolTitle I

Legal Prep Academy Charter HS is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Legal Prep Academy Charter 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 256 students, Legal Prep Academy Charter HS 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

30%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment

Setting: City - Large

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