Kenwood Academy High School
Recent News About Kenwood Academy High School
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Chicago Teachers Union president defends sending kids to exclusive school amid school choice debate
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates continues to defend the "hypocritical" decision to send her kids to the exclusive De La Salle Institute despite her opposition to school choice and claims that private schools are "segregation academies …created to avoid integrating schools with Black children."
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Analysis: 71.2 percent of students in Cook County schools failed state Math exam in 2022
More than 7 in 10 Cook County public high school students aren't at grade level in Math.
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Hyde Park native turned Harvard Prof. Muhammad: “Astounded by the silences within the broader white woman community” over teaching kids sex, Critical Race Theory
Harvard Professor and Hyde Park native Khalil Muhammad says white women should do more to defend the right of grade school teachers to instruct their students on sexual topics and so-called Critical Race Theory.
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Kenwood Academy High School scores 38.7% ELA proficiency, 31.4% on math in 2018
Of the 1756 students attending Kenwood Academy High School in 2018, 38.7 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 31.4 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
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Statewide test results: white students score 14.4 points higher at Kenwood Academy High School
At Kenwood Academy High School, a 14.4-point achievement gap persisted between white and hispanic students in 2018.
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Statewide test results: black students score 4.7 points lower at Kenwood Academy High School
At Kenwood Academy High School, a 4.7-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2018.
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Statewide test results: white students score 19.1 points higher at Kenwood Academy High School
At Kenwood Academy High School, a 19.1-point achievement gap persisted between white and black students in 2018.
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Statewide test results: low-income students score 4.7 points lower at Kenwood Academy High School
At Kenwood Academy High School, a 4.7-point achievement gap persisted between low-income and non-low-income students in 2018.
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Statewide test results: male students score 2.8 points lower at Kenwood Academy High School
At Kenwood Academy High School, a 2.8-point achievement gap persisted between male and female students in 2018.
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At Kenwood, 92 percent of students graduate high school; 84 percent go to college
About 95 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 92 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Report: 55 percent of 2016 Kenwood Academy High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In a year when 92 percent of Kenwood Academy High School seniors graduated on time, 55 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
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Statewide test results: 69 percent of Kenwood students failed math
About 31 percent of Kenwood Academy High School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 69 percent of students failed.
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Statewide test results: 61 percent of Kenwood failed English language arts
About 39 percent of Kenwood Academy High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 61 percent of students failed.
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76.9 percent of Kenwood teachers stay put; average earns $73,660.59 per year
More than 76.9 percent of teachers stay at Kenwood Academy High School year to year, according to the 2018 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
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Kenwood Academy High School reports 25% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Kenwood Academy High School fell to 25 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
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At Kenwood, 96 percent of students graduate high school; 82 percent go to college
About 95 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 96 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
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Statewide test results: black students score 11.2 points higher at Kenwood Academy High School
At Kenwood Academy High School, a 11.2-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2017.
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Kenwood Academy High School reports 26% truancy rate
The truancy rate at Kenwood Academy High School rose to 26 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
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Statewide test results: white students score 42.5 points higher at Kenwood Academy High School
At Kenwood Academy High School, a 42.5-point achievement gap persisted between white and hispanic students in 2017.
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Report: 54 percent of 2015 Kenwood Academy High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes
In a year when 96 percent of Kenwood Academy High School seniors graduated on time, 54 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.