High · Illinois

Tilden Career Communty Academy HS

Free meals for all

Tilden Career Communty Academy HS, a public high school in Chicago, Illinois: grades 9–12, 288 students, 10.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 288
Teachers (FTE): 27.0
Students per teacher: 10.7
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 80% of high schools in Illinois

Median 13.5 · 694 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 64% of high schools in Illinois

Median 431 · 708 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Location

Address: 4747 S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Phone: (773)535-1625
City or town: Chicago
County: Cook County

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Bronzeville Scholastic HSFree meals for all	9–12	119	6.3	0.9 mi
Williams Medical Prep High SchFree meals for all	9–12	74	4.6	0.9 mi
Richards Career Academy HSFree meals for all	9–12	348	11.2	1.1 mi
Peace and Education Coalition HSAlternativeFree meals for all	10–12	0	—	1.3 mi
Air Force Acad High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	131	7.4	1.5 mi
Walter Henri Dyett HS for ArtsFree meals for all	9–12	538	17.1	1.6 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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