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Phillips Academy High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
244 E Pershing Rd
Chicago, IL 60653
Phone
(773) 535-1603
District
City of Chicago SD 299
County
COOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
531
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

1

(10 is best)

Better than 6.9% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Phillips Academy High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

40 30 20 10 0
1%
27%
0%
29%
1%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 1 0.2%
Grade 9 114 21.5%
Grade 10 145 27.3%
Grade 11 133 25.0%
Grade 12 138 26.0%
Total 531 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 1.4% 11.3% 48.2%
Black 96.4% 36.3% 17.2%
Hispanic 2.0% 47.4% 28.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 4.5% 5.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,721,914 12,549,689
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 11,970.0 225
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.7% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 41.4% 33.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.0% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 13.3% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,129,908 5,001,904
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.6% 90.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 42.4% 37.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 21.2% 23.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.4% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.7% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.1% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.5% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.8% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 12.4% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,829 $4,126,512,000 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,231 $396,040,000 5.3%
Staff $641 $206,304,000 2.8%
General Administration $207 $66,674,000 0.9%
School Administration $779 $250,463,000 3.3%
Operation $2,005 $644,912,000 8.6%
Transportation $298 $95,943,000 1.3%
Other $775 $249,312,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,937 $1,909,648,000 25.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,492 $1,444,917,000 19.3%
Total Expenditures $23,257 $7,481,077,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,344 $21,011,381,000 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,455 $2,694,692,000 6.8%
Staff $716 $1,326,218,000 3.3%
General Administration $562 $1,041,380,000 2.6%
School Administration $995 $1,842,060,000 4.6%
Operation $1,579 $2,924,414,000 7.3%
Transportation $640 $1,185,247,000 3.0%
Other $822 $1,522,629,000 3.8%
Total Support $6,768 $12,536,640,000 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,433 $6,357,896,000 15.9%
Total Expenditures $21,545 $39,905,917,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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