State/Public High Open

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac

๐Ÿ“ 8522 S Lafayette Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60620

684
Pupils

About this school

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 684 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Eron Powell. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 6โ€“12 in an urban setting. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 2% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Eron Powell
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac enrolls 684 students across grades 6โ€“12. The student body is 41% male and 59% female.

Male students
282 (41%)
Female students
402 (59%)
Grade span
6โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American, <1% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American67499%
Hispanic or Latino5<1%
White3<1%
Two or more races2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

611 of the school's 684 students (89%) 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 6โ€“12Charter schoolTitle I

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac 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-10, state senate district 17, state house district 34.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac 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 684 students, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is larger 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

8%
Reading proficient
2%
Math proficient
31%
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 โญ Gifted program

Setting: City - Large

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