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Alternative · Grades 9–12
ACE Amandla Charter School
6820 S Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60629
Grades
9–12
High
Students
137
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
10.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
ACE Amandla Charter School
Cook County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 684 Illinois high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Illinois high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About ACE Amandla Charter School
ACE Amandla Charter School is a charter high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades 9–12. The school is located in a large city in Cook County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 137 students were enrolled, with about 10.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Illinois high school (13.3 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Illinois St Board of Education. Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 684 Illinois high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 137 students
- Students per teacher
- 10.5 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Illinois St Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- ACE Amandla Charter School
- County
- Cook County
- NCES school ID
- 170142606424
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.