📍 5401 S Western Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60609
Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 743 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stephen Palmerin. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 10% of students are proficient in reading. The school offers 2 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr enrolls 743 students across grades K–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 60 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 1.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 524 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 207 | 28% |
| White | 11 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
628 of the school's 743 students (85%) 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.
Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr 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-40, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr 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 743 students, Horizon Sci Acad - Southwest Chtr is larger 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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