Other / mixed grade configuration · Chicago, IL

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac

Federal NCES profile for Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 10/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 170993006437Charter school
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🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac earns 10/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools.

#393 of 394
schools in Chicago · Resource Index
10
Resource Index · Lower
838
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac ranks #393 of 394 schools in Chicago, IL.

School address

Chicago, IL 60620
District: City of Chicago Sd 299 · Illinois

NCES ID 170993006437 Verify on NCES CCD record →

NCES CCD universe card

School universe 170993006437 · Chicago, IL Other · MID · CHARTER

838 enr · RII 10

Nearest enrollment peer: Lane Technical High School (4,604 students)

Resource Investment Index #393 of 394 schools in Chicago. NCES Common Core of Data stamps for this campus. Read with this school → · District book → · Illinois schools → · Find another →

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac in the enrollment neighbourhood

Fall enrollment among this campus and nearest district peers

students

What this shows Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac reports 838 students on the CCD universe file.

Source U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data (Public School Universe) As of 2024-25

How Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac compares

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac on the metrics families compare, against Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 838 top 10% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

838
Bigger than 87% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Engagement
48.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$22,699
per pupil, district-wide - above Illinois avg of $18,196
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 838 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 28 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 5 expulsions.

Student demographics

African American 98.6%
Hispanic or Latino 1.0%
Two or More 0.2%
White 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.1%

Largest group: African American at 98.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 2.8/100

Simpson diversity index - at 2.8, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

AP courses offered 2

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for City of Chicago Sd 299, which includes Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac.

$22,699
Per student
+25%
vs Illinois
Avg $18,196
+29%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 52.8%
State 29.9%
Federal 17.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Lane Technical High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Taft High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Curie Metropolitan High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Kenwood Academy High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Young Magnet High School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

City Of Chicago Sd 299 · 5 sibling schools

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Similar other schools in Chicago

6 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Lane Technical High School
Standard public school
4,604 students 17.8:1 students per teacher
Taft High School
Standard public school
4,487 students 16.7:1 students per teacher
Kenwood Academy High School
Standard public school
2,268 students 18.6:1 students per teacher
Young Magnet High School
Standard public school
2,223 students 17.5:1 students per teacher
Disney Elem Magnet School
Standard public school
1,384 students 15.2:1 students per teacher
Morgan Park High School
Standard public school
1,349 students 19:1 students per teacher

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Similar enrollment (~838 students)

Frequently asked questions about Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac

How many students attend Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac?

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac has 838 students enrolled. It is a public school in Chicago, IL.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac?

The largest demographic group at Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is African American at 98.6% of enrollment, in Chicago, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac?

Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac has a Resource Investment Index of 10/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac rank among schools in Chicago?

By Resource Investment Index, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac ranks #393 of 394 schools in Chicago, IL. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Chicago on the city page.

What other schools are in City of Chicago Sd 299?

Besides Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac, City of Chicago Sd 299 also operates Lane Technical High School (4,604 students), Taft High School (4,487 students), and Curie Metropolitan High School (3,099 students). See the City of Chicago Sd 299 district page for the complete list.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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