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Senn used to be an armpit. Looks like it still needs help. I think this program adds to the benefit of the school.

Here's some recent stats.

City: CHICAGO, IL
School type: HIGH SCHOOL
Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12
Schools in district: 576
District: CITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL DIST 299
School Enrollment: 1816
White students: 8.1%
Black students: 36.5%
Hispanic students: 36.7%
Asian students: 16.9%
Native American students: 1.7%

Low income: 89.2%
Parental involvement: 92.7%
Attendance rate: 86.0%
Mobility rate: 30.1%
Chronic truants: 70
Chronic truants rate: 4.0%
Dropout rate: 19.7%
High School graduation rate: 65.7%
HS graduation rate for male students: 62.8%
HS graduation rate for female students: 68.9%
HS graduation rate for white students: 73.7%
HS graduation rate for black students: 63.6%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 59.8%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 76.5%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0.0%

Average ACT composite score: 15.0
Average ACT English score: 13.5
Average ACT Math score: 15.9
Average ACT Reading score: 14.8
Average ACT Science score: 15.5
ACT test takers: 2
ACT % of school: 85.8%

Average class size 8th grade: 13.0
Average class size HS: 18.2

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 qualified teachers: 15.2%
Male teachers: 22.6%
Female teachers: 77.4%
Teacher experience average: 13.9
Teacher/student ratio: 20.0

Statistics about SENN HIGH SCHOOL 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: 21.3%