Chicago Vocational Career Acad Hs — Chicago, IL

What this school's NCES data tells you

Chicago Vocational Career Acad Hs reports 673 enrolled students to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) alongside 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, producing a 14.3:1 student-teacher ratio. That figure sits 2% below the Illinois state mean of 14.6:1, signalling more teacher attention per pupil than the state benchmark. Against the national 2024-25 average of 15.9:1, it is 10% lower, a useful calibration for families comparing districts across state lines.

The school offers 3 Advanced Placement courses, a stronger academic pipeline indicator than enrollment alone. Counselor coverage works out to roughly 168 students per counselor, meeting the American School Counselor Association recommendation of 250:1. Chronic absenteeism — missing 10% or more of school days — stands at 92.6% according to the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

On the finance side, the surrounding City of Chicago Sd 299 spends $25,599 per pupil district-wide, above the Illinois average of $20,099 and above the national average of $19,490. Revenue comes 52.8% from local sources (property taxes), 29.9% from the state, and 17.4% from federal programs per the NCES F-33 finance survey. Taken together, these measurements produce a composite Resource Quality Grade of F (31/100), calculated from 5 distinct NCES and CRDC indicators.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25