Is Clemente Community Academy High School a good school?

Clemente Community Academy High School ranks in the bottom 9.3% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Clemente Community Academy High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 666 students attended Clemente Community Academy High School.

What is the racial makeup of Clemente Community Academy High School?

Students at Clemente Community Academy High School are 60% Hispanic, 34% African American, 3% White.

What schools feed into Clemente Community Academy High School?

Clemente Community Academy High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Chase Elementary School Elementary : Chopin Elementary School Elementary : Columbus Elementary School Elementary : Darwin Elementary School Elementary : De Diego Elementary Community Academy Elementary : Goethe Elementary School Elementary : Moos Elementary School Elementary : Pulaski International School of Chicago Elementary : Yates Elementary School

Clemente Community Academy High School

Summary:

Clemente Community Academy High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 666 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Clemente Community Academy High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with significantly below-average academic performance on standardized tests. The school's four-year graduation rate ranges from 64.1% to 79.5%, lower than the state and district averages, and its dropout rate has fluctuated between 2.9% to 5.8%, which is higher than the averages. Chronic absenteeism at the school has risen dramatically, from 42.7% in 2019-2020 to 77-85.7% in recent years, much higher than the state and district. The school's performance across various student subgroups, such as female, male, African American, Hispanic, and low-income students, is also consistently in the bottom half or bottom third of Illinois high schools.

Interestingly, Clemente Community Academy High School is located in a densely populated area of Chicago, with several nearby public high schools that generally perform better than Clemente across various metrics. For example, Chicago High School for the Arts, just 0.51 miles away, has significantly higher academic performance, a 90.1% four-year graduation rate, and only 19% chronic absenteeism. Despite Clemente's relatively high per-student spending of $21,072, the school's academic and student outcomes suggest that the additional funding has not translated into improved educational outcomes for the students, who face significant socioeconomic challenges, with 90.09% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1147 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60622-2931

(773) 534-4000

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
632^nd of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,159

Feeder schools for Clemente Community Academy High School:

Elementary:	Chase Elementary School
	Chopin Elementary School
	Columbus Elementary School
	Darwin Elementary School
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	De Diego Elementary Community Academy
	Goethe Elementary School
	Moos Elementary School
	Pulaski International School of Chicago
	Yates Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.5

Number of students: 666

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

60.1%

African American:

34.1%

White:

3.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Clemente Community Academy High School ranks worse than 90.7% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 89^th among 145 ranked high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.51. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Clemente Community Academy High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Clemente Community Academy High School has the largest high school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Clemente Community Academy High School is $21,159. 83 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Clemente Community Academy High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Clemente Community Academy High School 632^nd of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Clemente Community Academy High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Disabled students:

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Clemente Community Academy High School

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Rank History for all students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	0.89	570^th	586	2.7%
2004	1.25	568^th	592	4.1%
2005	1.01	570^th	590	3.4%
2006	1.68	573^rd	596	3.9%
2007	3.10	577^th	612	5.7%
2008	2.35	590^th	624	5.4%
2009	1.73	614^th	632	2.8%
2010	3.19	606^th	643	5.8%
2011	5.46	598^th	655	8.7%
2012	3.27	627^th	665	5.7%
2013	2.63	638^th	670	4.8%
2014	1.82	654^th	670	2.4%
2015	12.27	579^th	614	5.7%
2016	15.17	572^nd	643	11.0%
2017	7.28	600^th	642	6.5%
2018	7.07	615^th	647	4.9%
2019	11.24	617^th	701	12.0%
2021	12.30	617^th	688	10.3%
2022	14.55	598^th	699	14.4%
2023	10.89	629^th	699	10.0%
2024	12.51	632^nd	697	9.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.39	126^th	151	16.6%
2019	54.25	42^nd	183	77.0%
2021	55.04	46^th	189	75.7%
2022	30.87	153^rd	205	25.4%
2023	26.67	192^nd	217	11.5%
2024	37.35	125^th	248	49.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.64	243^rd	374	35.0%
2019	29.55	306^th	473	35.3%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	38.84	232^nd	493	52.9%
2023	21.07	375^th	476	21.2%
2024	32.77	269^th	482	44.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.10	546^th	585	6.7%
2019	18.07	552^nd	639	13.6%
2021	16.59	538^th	611	11.9%
2022	22.03	516^th	626	17.6%
2023	16.34	563^rd	644	12.6%
2024	17.25	564^th	639	11.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	36.62	51^st	91	44.0%
2022	35.17	44^th	98	55.1%
2023	28.07	55^th	104	47.1%
2024	38.36	63^rd	125	49.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	7.83	586^th	620	5.5%
2019	10.63	588^th	665	11.6%
2021	10.87	588^th	639	8.0%
2022	12.45	574^th	658	12.8%
2023	10.65	593^rd	656	9.6%
2024	13.34	596^th	664	10.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	26.96	341^st	428	20.3%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	6.74	596^th	619	3.7%
2019	12.44	594^th	675	12.0%
2021	14.18	570^th	653	12.7%
2022	16.58	566^th	664	14.8%
2023	11.65	599^th	668	10.3%
2024	12.65	608^th	668	9.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.23	224^th	253	11.5%
2019	24.07	238^th	299	20.4%
2021	29.87	195^th	281	30.6%
2022	29.00	198^th	294	32.7%
2023	29.60	209^th	301	30.6%
2024	24.13	262^nd	299	12.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Clemente Community Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.32	281^st	291	3.4%
2019	15.11	286^th	317	9.8%
2021	13.48	309^th	317	2.5%
2022	19.08	285^th	335	14.9%
2023	13.74	311^th	333	6.6%
2024	17.13	297^th	336	11.6%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Clemente Community Academy High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	81	470	43	2380	10	n/a	n/a	0	2984
1989	87	437	38	2308	4	n/a	n/a	0	2874
1990	72	410	50	2347	2	n/a	n/a	0	2881
1991	55	391	57	2380	2	n/a	n/a	0	2885
1992	46	328	69	2175	1	n/a	n/a	0	2619
1993	45	290	76	2143	4	n/a	n/a	0	2558
1994	40	292	56	2137	6	n/a	n/a	0	2531
1995	37	263	53	2053	2	n/a	n/a	0	2408
1996	37	263	53	2053	2	n/a	n/a	0	2408
1997	56	299	45	1972	1	n/a	n/a	0	2373
1998	46	247	27	1855	1	n/a	n/a	0	2176
1999	35	217	7	1626	1	n/a	n/a	0	1886
2000	33	216	8	1551	1	n/a	n/a	0	1809
2001	35	249	18	1523	1	n/a	n/a	0	1826
2002	53	310	8	1750	2	n/a	n/a	0	2123
2003	53	310	8	1750	2	n/a	n/a	0	2123
2004	69	379	18	1781	4	n/a	n/a	0	2251
2005	47	525	8	1746	1	n/a	n/a	0	2327
2006	50	663	15	1624	2	n/a	n/a	30	2384
2007	45	694	15	1385	3	n/a	n/a	38	2180
2008	33	726	9	1343	3	n/a	n/a	69	2183
2009	52	707	2	1289	2	n/a	n/a	1	2053
2010	30	550	2	1015	2	n/a	n/a	0	1599
2011	25	431	1	879	3	0	20	0	1359
2012	12	289	1	669	3	0	12	0	986
2013	16	211	0	566	2	0	5	0	800
2014	17	158	1	508	2	0	4	0	690
2015	15	170	0	528	6	0	4	0	723
2016	18	206	1	522	4	0	6	0	757
2017	13	213	1	495	5	0	6	0	733
2018	10	226	3	507	4	0	3	0	753
2019	12	207	2	469	3	1	3	0	697
2020	14	184	4	457	4	1	3	0	667
2021	27	223	6	503	3	1	3	0	766
2022	25	229	5	472	5	2	5	0	743
2023	23	227	4	400	5	2	5	0	666

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Clemente Community Academy High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2984	166.4	17.9	n/a
1989	2874	161.4	17.8	n/a
1990	2881	164.4	17.5	n/a
1991	2885	159.6	18.0	n/a
1992	2619	150.4	17.4	n/a
1993	2558	149.2	17.1	n/a
1994	2531	128.0	19.8	n/a
1995	2408	126.0	19.1	n/a
1996	2408	126.0	19.1	n/a
1997	2373	131.0	18.1	n/a
1998	2176	138.2	15.7	n/a
1999	1886	127.4	14.8	n/a
2000	1809	128.2	14.1	n/a
2001	1826	121.6	15.0	n/a
2002	2123	142.0	15.0	83.8
2003	2123	142.0	15.0	83.8
2004	2251	136.0	16.6	87.2
2005	2327	168.7	13.8	89.6
2006	2384	179.6	13.3	79.7
2007	2180	119.0	18.3	101.6
2008	2183	110.0	19.8	91.3
2009	2053	131.0	15.7	81.4
2010	1599	110.0	14.5	99.8
2011	1359	84.0	16.1	93.1
2012	986	69.0	14.2	96.8
2013	800	56.6	14.1	95.1
2014	690	56.0	12.3	97.4
2015	723	45.0	16.0	96.7
2016	757	45.0	16.8	95.9
2017	733	42.9	17.0	94.4
2018	753	43.9	17.1	93.9
2019	697	57.0	12.2	87.7
2020	667	57.5	11.6	93.3
2021	766	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	743	57.0	13.0	84.9
2023	666	57.5	11.5	90.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Clemente Community Academy High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2984	166.4	17.9	n/a
1989	2874	161.4	17.8	n/a
1990	2881	164.4	17.5	n/a
1991	2885	159.6	18.0	n/a
1992	2619	150.4	17.4	n/a
1993	2558	149.2	17.1	n/a
1994	2531	128.0	19.8	n/a
1995	2408	126.0	19.1	n/a
1996	2408	126.0	19.1	n/a
1997	2373	131.0	18.1	n/a
1998	2176	138.2	15.7	n/a
1999	1886	127.4	14.8	n/a
2000	1809	128.2	14.1	n/a
2001	1826	121.6	15.0	n/a
2002	2123	142.0	15.0	83.8
2003	2123	142.0	15.0	83.8
2004	2251	136.0	16.6	87.2
2005	2327	168.7	13.8	89.6
2006	2384	179.6	13.3	79.7
2007	2180	119.0	18.3	101.6
2008	2183	110.0	19.8	91.3
2009	2053	131.0	15.7	81.4
2010	1599	110.0	14.5	99.8
2011	1359	84.0	16.1	93.1
2012	986	69.0	14.2	96.8
2013	800	56.6	14.1	95.1
2014	690	56.0	12.3	97.4
2015	723	45.0	16.0	96.7
2016	757	45.0	16.8	95.9
2017	733	42.9	17.0	94.4
2018	753	43.9	17.1	93.9
2019	697	57.0	12.2	87.7
2020	667	57.5	11.6	93.3
2021	766	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	743	57.0	13.0	84.9
2023	666	57.5	11.5	90.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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