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George Washington High School

3535 E 114th St, Chicago, IL, 60617-7052 -

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Definition of Terms

George Washington High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Cook County, IL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1529 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

122 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 486 students

Grade 10 - 431 students

Grade 11 - 294 students

Grade 12 - 318 students

This School

(IL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(IL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	65%	10%
% Black	24%	19%
% White	7%	66%
% Unknown	3 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

(IL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

63%

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(IL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

City Of Chicago 299 School District

This School's Agency

(IL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	633	3
Number of Students Managed	423,413 students	984 students
District Total Revenue	$4,135,342,000	$9,428,000
District Expenditure	$4,345,502,000	$9,311,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,767	$9,581
District Expenditure / Student	$10,263	$9,462
District Graduation Rates	47%	92%

Coaches’ lessons valuable for life on and off the court (Danville Register & Bee)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:38:04 am
About 60 area high school students got some pointers on basketball moves and keeping their grades up during an event at George Washington High School on Saturday.
Teen girl found safe (ABC 7 Chicago)
posted on November 8, 2009 at 05:50:18 am
Chicago police had been searching over the weekend for 16-year-old Brenda Day.
Police seek Far Southeast Side teen girl (Chicago Tribune)
posted on November 7, 2009 at 07:45:00 pm
Authorities today continued to search for a 16-year-old girl who went missing Wednesday from the grounds of her Far Southeast Side high school. Brenda Ann Day, of the 13300 block of South Burley Avenue, was last seen on the grounds of George Washington High School, 3535 E. 114th St., Wednesday morning, according to her grandmother, Brenda Szpejnowski. Day, who her grandmother said has never run ...
Moore: Denver's Boggess to star in "Phantom" sequel (Denver Post)
posted on October 11, 2009 at 07:31:07 am
Sierra Boggess, a 27-year-old George Washington High graduate, has been hand-picked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to star as Christine in his "Phantom of the Opera" sequel, "Love Never Dies," which will debut in London next March. Exclusive first-look video included
Police Seek Answers In Deadly Munster, Ind., Crash (CBS 2 Chicago)
posted on October 8, 2009 at 10:21:48 pm
Police are left with a lot of questions Thursday morning after a fatal accident in Munster, Ind.

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George Washington High School is located on the far southeast side of Chicago in the East Side neighborhood. It serves the students of East Side, Hegewisch, and South Deering. It is located on 114th St and Avenue O.
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George Washington High School at Chicago Public Schools website

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