Is Tilden Career Communty Academy High School a good school?

Tilden Career Communty Academy High School ranks in the bottom 12.2% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Tilden Career Communty Academy High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 264 students attended Tilden Career Communty Academy High School.

What is the racial makeup of Tilden Career Communty Academy High School?

Students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School are 48% Hispanic, 39% African American, 10% White, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Tilden Career Communty Academy High School?

Tilden Career Communty Academy High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Armour Elementary School Elementary : Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts Elementary : Fulton Elementary School Elementary : Graham A Elementary School Elementary : Hamline Elementary School Elementary : Healy Elementary School Elementary : Hendricks Elementary Community Academy Elementary : Holden Elementary School Elementary : Minnie Minoso Academy Elementary : Seward Elementary Communication Arts Ac Elementary : Sherman Elementary School

Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Summary:

Tilden Career Community Academy High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 257 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.

Tilden Career Community Academy High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois high schools over the past decade, with its academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, significantly below the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 1.5% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to 26.1% statewide and 18.6% in the Chicago Public Schools District. The school also struggles with low graduation rates, with a four-year graduation rate of only 51.2% in the 2023-2024 school year, and an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate, reaching 82.1% in the 2021-2022 school year.

While the nearby schools, such as Walter Henri Dyett High School for Arts, Phillips Academy High School, and Perspectives Charter - IIT Campus, also face challenges with low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism, Tilden Career Community Academy High School's struggles are particularly concerning, with its performance for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and English Language Learners, ranking in the bottom 5-10% of their respective subgroups in Illinois.

Detail:

Public 9-12

4747 S Union Ave
Chicago, IL 60609-4437

(773) 535-1625

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
612^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $31,228

Feeder schools for Tilden Career Communty Academy High School:

Elementary:	Armour Elementary School
	Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts
	Fulton Elementary School
	Graham A Elementary School
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	Hamline Elementary School
	Healy Elementary School
	Hendricks Elementary Community Academy
	Holden Elementary School
	Minnie Minoso Academy
	Seward Elementary Communication Arts Ac
	Sherman Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.0

Number of students: 264

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

48.5%

African American:

38.6%

White:

9.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Tilden Career Communty Academy High School ranks worse than 87.8% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 76^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 13.8. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Tilden Career Communty 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: Hispanic (48.5%), African American (38.6%), White (9.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 84.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School is 10, which is the 31^st best among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Tilden Career Communty Academy High School employs 26.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School is $31,228, which is the 25^th highest among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tilden Career Communty Academy High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Tilden Career Communty Academy High School 612^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Tilden Career Communty 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 all students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	1.99	555^th	586	5.3%
2004	1.58	565^th	592	4.6%
2005	0.85	573^rd	590	2.9%
2006	0.65	590^th	596	1.0%
2007	1.78	595^th	612	2.8%
2008	0.83	620^th	624	0.6%
2009	1.68	615^th	632	2.7%
2010	1.44	630^th	643	2.0%
2011	2.02	637^th	655	2.7%
2012	1.35	654^th	665	1.7%
2013	1.84	651^st	670	2.8%
2014	1.94	649^th	670	3.1%
2017	3.97	634^th	642	1.2%
2018	7.90	607^th	647	6.2%
2019	7.09	678^th	701	3.3%
2021	9.65	652^nd	688	5.2%
2022	6.76	694^th	699	0.7%
2023	13.01	610^th	699	12.7%
2024	13.80	612^th	697	12.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	50.79	70^th	217	67.7%
2024	28.56	158^th	248	36.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Tilden Career Communty 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%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	42.97	200^th	476	58.0%
2024	20.75	377^th	482	21.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.63	561^st	585	4.1%
2019	10.68	620^th	639	3.0%
2021	14.96	561^st	611	8.2%
2022	10.31	619^th	626	1.1%
2023	17.57	553^rd	644	14.1%
2024	19.61	535^th	639	16.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	24.69	57^th	91	37.4%
2022	28.47	46^th	98	53.1%
2023	45.22	43^rd	104	58.7%
2024	25.74	68^th	125	45.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Tilden Career Communty 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	6.38	661^st	665	0.6%
2021	12.89	568^th	639	11.1%
2022	7.11	649^th	658	1.4%
2023	8.29	635^th	656	3.2%
2024	18.19	537^th	664	19.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	44.74	192^nd	428	55.1%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.53	557^th	619	10.0%
2019	8.49	632^nd	675	6.4%
2021	8.58	626^th	653	4.1%
2022	7.06	656^th	664	1.2%
2023	18.87	554^th	668	17.1%
2024	10.02	632^nd	668	5.4%

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Rank History for African American students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.44	197^th	253	22.1%
2019	20.72	274^th	299	8.4%
2021	23.07	241^st	281	14.2%
2022	18.67	288^th	294	2.0%
2023	26.48	225^th	301	25.2%
2024	26.68	230^th	299	23.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	6.19	291^st	291	0.0%
2019	9.51	311^th	317	1.9%
2021	14.35	299^th	317	5.7%
2022	8.39	335^th	335	0.0%
2023	11.56	325^th	333	2.4%
2024	13.38	321^st	336	4.5%

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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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by a student
Monday, May 21, 2012

I'm not sure how much this school has changed, but I dread going to this place. I came in as a freshman in 2001, and left before my first year was over. I encountered way too many gang fights during school hours. Chased by random people outside of campus because the way I dressed. During lunch I always stayed in the library because every day it seemed like there was another fight in the lunch room. My parents went to Tilden as a kid, but so much has changed from that time. I wouldn't dare step foot in this school again. Value for my life, and for my education. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Tilden Career Communty 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	67	1379	1	171	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1618
1990	84	1222	n/a	169	1	n/a	n/a	0	1476
1991	86	1118	4	192	0	n/a	n/a	0	1400
1992	75	1098	13	223	1	n/a	n/a	0	1410
1993	44	1179	9	243	4	n/a	n/a	0	1479
1994	54	1068	27	351	22	n/a	n/a	0	1522
1995	67	822	15	440	1	n/a	n/a	0	1345
1996	67	822	15	440	1	n/a	n/a	0	1345
1997	65	704	5	443	0	n/a	n/a	0	1217
1998	82	571	3	412	8	n/a	n/a	0	1076
1999	81	535	2	400	1	n/a	n/a	0	1019
2000	96	551	2	386	0	n/a	n/a	0	1035
2001	98	588	9	368	0	n/a	n/a	0	1063
2002	72	598	32	371	0	n/a	n/a	0	1073
2003	72	598	32	371	0	n/a	n/a	0	1073
2004	81	700	42	380	2	n/a	n/a	0	1205
2005	69	826	22	438	1	n/a	n/a	0	1356
2006	53	941	34	371	1	n/a	n/a	29	1429
2007	71	802	31	323	1	n/a	n/a	17	1245
2008	76	840	40	342	3	n/a	n/a	31	1332
2009	71	728	34	271	1	n/a	n/a	0	1105
2010	28	475	20	157	0	n/a	n/a	0	680
2011	23	332	8	107	0	5	0	0	475
2012	21	322	12	92	1	1	1	0	450
2013	24	232	6	74	1	0	3	0	340
2014	26	226	6	69	0	0	5	0	332
2015	35	192	5	77	0	0	7	0	316
2016	35	169	5	72	0	0	9	0	290
2017	25	164	5	73	0	0	6	0	273
2018	22	134	1	87	0	0	5	0	249
2019	22	105	2	84	0	0	1	0	214
2020	21	82	5	86	0	0	0	0	194
2021	30	113	14	143	0	0	2	0	302
2022	26	96	13	141	0	0	6	0	282
2023	23	103	5	121	0	1	4	0	257
2024	26	102	5	128	0	0	3	0	264

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 Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1618	91.4	17.7	n/a
1990	1476	93.4	15.8	n/a
1991	1400	93.4	14.9	n/a
1992	1410	93.0	15.1	n/a
1993	1479	96.4	15.3	n/a
1994	1522	90.0	16.9	n/a
1995	1345	97.2	13.8	n/a
1996	1345	97.2	13.8	n/a
1997	1217	92.8	13.1	n/a
1998	1076	91.4	11.8	n/a
1999	1019	89.2	11.4	n/a
2000	1035	81.0	12.8	n/a
2001	1063	69.6	15.3	n/a
2002	1073	84.0	12.8	86.7
2003	1073	84.0	12.8	86.7
2004	1205	81.5	14.8	99.8
2005	1356	109.0	12.4	99.8
2006	1429	117.1	12.2	63.5
2007	1245	66.0	18.9	101.1
2008	1332	61.0	21.8	100.8
2009	1105	66.0	16.7	95.4
2010	680	53.0	12.8	99.6
2011	475	36.0	13.1	99.4
2012	450	30.0	15.0	97.3
2013	340	20.1	16.9	93.8
2014	332	30.0	11.0	97.9
2015	316	25.0	12.6	97.5
2016	290	26.0	11.1	96.6
2017	273	21.6	12.5	95.2
2018	249	20.9	11.8	94.8
2019	214	24.0	8.9	93.5
2020	194	21.5	9.0	95.4
2021	302	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	282	23.0	12.2	82.6
2023	257	24.0	10.7	84.4
2024	264	26.2	10.0	84.5

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 Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1618	91.4	17.7	n/a
1990	1476	93.4	15.8	n/a
1991	1400	93.4	14.9	n/a
1992	1410	93.0	15.1	n/a
1993	1479	96.4	15.3	n/a
1994	1522	90.0	16.9	n/a
1995	1345	97.2	13.8	n/a
1996	1345	97.2	13.8	n/a
1997	1217	92.8	13.1	n/a
1998	1076	91.4	11.8	n/a
1999	1019	89.2	11.4	n/a
2000	1035	81.0	12.8	n/a
2001	1063	69.6	15.3	n/a
2002	1073	84.0	12.8	86.7
2003	1073	84.0	12.8	86.7
2004	1205	81.5	14.8	99.8
2005	1356	109.0	12.4	99.8
2006	1429	117.1	12.2	63.5
2007	1245	66.0	18.9	101.1
2008	1332	61.0	21.8	100.8
2009	1105	66.0	16.7	95.4
2010	680	53.0	12.8	99.6
2011	475	36.0	13.1	99.4
2012	450	30.0	15.0	97.3
2013	340	20.1	16.9	93.8
2014	332	30.0	11.0	97.9
2015	316	25.0	12.6	97.5
2016	290	26.0	11.1	96.6
2017	273	21.6	12.5	95.2
2018	249	20.9	11.8	94.8
2019	214	24.0	8.9	93.5
2020	194	21.5	9.0	95.4
2021	302	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	282	23.0	12.2	82.6
2023	257	24.0	10.7	84.4
2024	264	26.2	10.0	84.5

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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