City: CHICAGO, IL
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Grades: 9 10 11 12
Schools in district: 576
District: CITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL DIST 299
School Enrollment: 1196
White students: 6.2%
Black students: 18.6%
Hispanic students: 74.7%
Asian students: 0.5%
Native American students: 0.0%
Low income: 84.7%
Parental involvement: 92.0%
Attendance rate: 87.1%
Mobility rate: 25.5%
Chronic truants: 55
Chronic truants rate: 4.9%
Dropout rate: 10.5%
High School graduation rate: 68.5%
HS graduation rate for male students: 58.1%
HS graduation rate for female students: 76.0%
HS graduation rate for white students: 69.2%
HS graduation rate for black students: 64.3%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 68.9%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100.0%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 100.0%
Average ACT composite score: 14.4
Average ACT English score: 12.8
Average ACT Math score: 14.9
Average ACT Reading score: 14.3
Average ACT Science score: 15.0
ACT test takers: 2
ACT % of school: 96.9%
Average class size HS: 18.2
Total number of teachers in district: 23,258
Teachers with bachelor's degree: 56.2%
Teachers with master's degree: 43.8%
Classes not taught by highly qualifed teachers: 14.5%
Male teachers: 22.6%
Female teachers: 77.4%
Teacher experience average: 13.9
Teacher/student ratio: 20.0
Statistics about WELLS COMMUNITY ACADEMY HS in CHICAGO, IL
Average teacher salary: $53,236
Average administration staff salary: $89,361
Dollars spent per student: $8,379
Operating expenditure for instruction: $1,959,317,067
Operating expenditure for supporting services: $1,639,641,918
Operating expenditure for administration: $39,360,619
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $337,235,018
Limited English Proficient students: 7.4%