City: CHICAGO, IL
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Grades: 9 10 11 12
Schools in district: 576
District: CITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL DIST 299
School Enrollment: 526
White students: 0.2%
Black students: 53.2%
Hispanic students: 46.2%
Asian students: 0.2%
Native American students: 0.2%
Low income: 87.6%
Parental involvement: 70.2%
Attendance rate: 88.4%
Mobility rate: 21.1%
Chronic truants: 37
Chronic truants rate: 7.4%
Dropout rate: 14.3%
High School graduation rate: 70.2%
HS graduation rate for male students: 52.0%
HS graduation rate for female students: 80.2%
HS graduation rate for white students: 33.3%
HS graduation rate for black students: 66.7%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 73.8%
Average ACT composite score: 14.1
Average ACT English score: 12.4
Average ACT Math score: 14.7
Average ACT Reading score: 14.6
Average ACT Science score: 14.0
ACT % of school: 100.0%
Average class size HS: 20.7
Total number of teachers in district: 23,258
Teachers with bachelor's degree: 56.2%
Teachers with master's degree: 43.8%
Classes not taught by highly qualifed teachers: 14.3%
Male teachers: 22.6%
Female teachers: 77.4%
Teacher experience average: 13.9
Teacher/student ratio: 20.0
Statistics about RICHARDS CAREER ACADEMY HS in CHICAGO, IL
Average teacher salary: $53,236
Average administration staff salary: $89,361
Dollars spent per student: $8,379
Operating expenditure for instruction: $1,959,317,067
Operating expenditure for supporting services: $1,639,641,918
Operating expenditure for administration: $39,360,619
Operating expenditure for other campus costs: $337,235,018
Limited English Proficient students: 4.8%