Is Manley Career Academy High School a good school?

Manley Career Academy High School ranks in the bottom 13.1% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Manley Career Academy High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 151 students attended Manley Career Academy High School.

What is the racial makeup of Manley Career Academy High School?

Students at Manley Career Academy High School are 87% African American, 8% Hispanic, 3% White, 1% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Manley Career Academy High School?

Manley Career Academy High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Chalmers Elementary Specialty School Elementary : Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy Elementary : Herzl Elementary School Elementary : Irving Elementary School Elementary : Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy Elementary : Lawndale Elementary Community Academy Elementary : Leland Elementary School Elementary : Plamondon Elementary School Elementary : Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Community Academy Elementary : Webster Elementary School

Manley Career Academy High School

Summary:

Manley Career Academy High School is a small public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 and part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299. Unfortunately, this school has consistently struggled, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois high schools over the past decade and maintaining a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very poor performance.

Manley Career Academy's academic proficiency rates are alarmingly low, with only 2.9% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and 5.7% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts in the 2023-2024 school year. The school also faces high dropout rates, ranging from 5.2% to 17.4% over the past few years, and extremely high chronic absenteeism, reaching as high as 81.9% in the 2021-2022 school year. Graduation rates have been consistently low, ranging from 20.8% to 34.8% over the past few years, significantly lower than state and district averages.

When compared to nearby schools within the same district, such as Noble St Charter-DRW Trading Col, Marshall Metropolitan High School, and Phoenix Military Academy High School, Manley Career Academy consistently performs worse across various metrics, including academic proficiency, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. Additionally, the school serves a predominantly economically disadvantaged student population, with 90.32% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.

Detail:

Public 9-12

2935 W Polk St
Chicago, IL 60612-3904

(773) 534-6900

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
606^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $41,956

Feeder schools for Manley Career Academy High School:

Elementary:	Chalmers Elementary Specialty School
	Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy
	Herzl Elementary School
	Irving Elementary School
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	Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy
	Lawndale Elementary Community Academy
	Leland Elementary School
	Plamondon Elementary School
	Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Community Academy
	Webster Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.3

Number of students: 151

Racial breakdown:

African American:

87.4%

Hispanic:

7.9%

White:

3.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 92.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Manley Career Academy High School ranks worse than 86.9% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 71^st among 145 ranked high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.56. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Manley Career 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 Racial makeup is: African American (87.4%), Hispanic (7.9%), White (3.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 92.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Manley Career Academy High School is 14.3, which is the 83^rd best among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Manley Career Academy High School employs 10.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Manley Career Academy High School is $41,956, which is the 8^th highest among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Manley Career Academy High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Manley Career Academy High School 606^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Manley Career Academy High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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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 Manley Career Academy High School

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Rank History for all students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	0.35	585^th	586	0.2%
2004	0.90	578^th	592	2.4%
2005	0.53	581^st	590	1.5%
2006	0.37	596^th	596	0.0%
2007	0.99	602^nd	612	1.6%
2008	1.23	608^th	624	2.6%
2009	1.21	623^rd	632	1.4%
2010	1.30	633^rd	643	1.6%
2011	1.63	648^th	655	1.1%
2012	1.58	651^st	665	2.1%
2013	2.22	643^rd	670	4.0%
2014	2.28	643^rd	670	4.0%
2015	12.89	572^nd	614	6.8%
2016	7.38	641^st	643	0.3%
2017	4.39	630^th	642	1.9%
2018	5.18	641^st	647	0.9%
2019	6.84	681^st	701	2.9%
2021	8.35	667^th	688	3.1%
2022	8.33	665^th	699	4.9%
2023	8.34	673^rd	699	3.7%
2024	14.56	606^th	697	13.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	29.55	306^th	473	35.3%
2022	47.05	161^st	493	67.3%
2023	26.60	337^th	476	29.2%
2024	20.75	377^th	482	21.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	8.20	578^th	585	1.2%
2019	10.78	618^th	639	3.3%
2021	12.21	580^th	611	5.1%
2022	11.33	606^th	626	3.2%
2023	11.56	615^th	644	4.5%
2024	18.11	552^nd	639	13.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	24.69	57^th	91	37.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	5.41	612^th	620	1.3%
2019	7.08	638^th	665	4.1%
2021	8.44	616^th	639	3.6%
2022	12.67	571^st	658	13.2%
2023	9.76	615^th	656	6.3%
2024	15.67	562^nd	664	15.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	35.49	234^th	428	45.3%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	5.39	612^th	619	1.1%
2019	7.18	663^rd	675	1.8%
2021	8.58	626^th	653	4.1%
2022	9.92	620^th	664	6.6%
2023	7.86	656^th	668	1.8%
2024	14.79	574^th	668	14.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Manley Career Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.28	245^th	253	3.2%
2019	20.96	273^rd	299	8.7%
2021	23.07	241^st	281	14.2%
2022	22.48	263^rd	294	10.5%
2023	20.09	286^th	301	5.0%
2024	33.55	180^th	299	39.8%

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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 Manley Career Academy High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	n/a	917	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	917
1990	1	811	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	812
1991	0	811	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	812
1992	2	827	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	830
1993	0	778	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	781
1994	0	814	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	815
1995	0	839	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	840
1996	0	839	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	840
1997	0	821	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	821
1998	0	824	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	824
1999	0	694	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	695
2000	0	646	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	646
2001	0	609	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	610
2002	0	689	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	691
2003	0	689	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	691
2004	0	679	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	680
2005	0	815	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	817
2006	0	962	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	962
2007	0	1083	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	1084
2008	1	1203	1	4	2	n/a	n/a	10	1221
2009	2	1230	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	1	1237
2010	2	923	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	925
2011	0	705	0	1	0	0	0	0	706
2012	0	577	0	2	0	0	1	0	580
2013	0	431	0	7	0	0	1	0	439
2014	0	401	0	9	0	0	0	0	410
2015	0	318	0	12	0	0	2	0	332
2016	1	236	0	11	0	0	1	0	249
2017	0	163	0	6	0	0	1	0	170
2018	0	115	0	3	0	0	0	0	118
2019	1	78	0	1	0	0	0	0	80
2020	1	72	0	6	0	0	0	0	79
2021	6	213	0	19	0	0	6	0	244
2022	6	167	0	18	1	0	4	0	196
2023	4	108	0	9	0	0	3	0	124
2024	5	132	0	12	0	0	2	0	151

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 Manley Career Academy High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	917	62.8	14.6	n/a
1990	812	62.8	12.9	n/a
1991	812	55.0	14.7	n/a
1992	830	53.8	15.4	n/a
1993	781	51.0	15.3	n/a
1994	815	45.6	17.9	n/a
1995	840	54.4	15.4	n/a
1996	840	54.4	15.4	n/a
1997	821	59.4	13.8	n/a
1998	824	64.8	12.7	n/a
1999	695	59.4	11.7	n/a
2000	646	53.4	12.1	n/a
2001	610	47.0	13.0	n/a
2002	691	53.0	13.0	82.3
2003	691	53.0	13.0	82.3
2004	680	48.5	14.0	85.9
2005	817	59.9	13.6	79.7
2006	962	69.3	13.9	85.9
2007	1084	55.0	19.7	76.4
2008	1221	68.0	18.0	90.2
2009	1237	65.0	19.0	77.8
2010	925	61.0	15.1	84.5
2011	706	44.0	16.0	78.5
2012	580	41.0	14.1	88.1
2013	439	39.0	11.2	76.8
2014	410	36.0	11.3	79.3
2015	332	28.0	11.8	90.1
2016	249	20.0	12.4	92.8
2017	170	12.3	13.7	94.7
2018	118	9.7	12.1	89
2019	80	9.0	8.8	85
2020	79	10.0	7.9	93.7
2021	244	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	196	10.5	18.6	88.8
2023	124	12.5	9.9	90.3
2024	151	10.5	14.3	92.1

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 Manley Career Academy High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	917	62.8	14.6	n/a
1990	812	62.8	12.9	n/a
1991	812	55.0	14.7	n/a
1992	830	53.8	15.4	n/a
1993	781	51.0	15.3	n/a
1994	815	45.6	17.9	n/a
1995	840	54.4	15.4	n/a
1996	840	54.4	15.4	n/a
1997	821	59.4	13.8	n/a
1998	824	64.8	12.7	n/a
1999	695	59.4	11.7	n/a
2000	646	53.4	12.1	n/a
2001	610	47.0	13.0	n/a
2002	691	53.0	13.0	82.3
2003	691	53.0	13.0	82.3
2004	680	48.5	14.0	85.9
2005	817	59.9	13.6	79.7
2006	962	69.3	13.9	85.9
2007	1084	55.0	19.7	76.4
2008	1221	68.0	18.0	90.2
2009	1237	65.0	19.0	77.8
2010	925	61.0	15.1	84.5
2011	706	44.0	16.0	78.5
2012	580	41.0	14.1	88.1
2013	439	39.0	11.2	76.8
2014	410	36.0	11.3	79.3
2015	332	28.0	11.8	90.1
2016	249	20.0	12.4	92.8
2017	170	12.3	13.7	94.7
2018	118	9.7	12.1	89
2019	80	9.0	8.8	85
2020	79	10.0	7.9	93.7
2021	244	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	196	10.5	18.6	88.8
2023	124	12.5	9.9	90.3
2024	151	10.5	14.3	92.1

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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