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Public School
Title 1
Data about Title 1 status comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
K - 12 Grades Served
490 Students
15 Teachers
8401 S Saginaw AveContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and Ðǿմ«Ã½ updates our site ahead of each school year.
Chicago, IL 60617
About this school
Great Lakes Academy Charter School is
an urban public school
in Chicago, Illinois that is part of Chicago Public School District 299.
It serves 490 students
in K - 12
with a student/teacher ratio of 32.7:1.
Its teachers have had 284 projects funded on Ðǿմ«Ã½.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
99%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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Last updated Jun 19, 2025
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Great Lakes Academy Charter School
$199,067
raised using Ðǿմ«Ã½
284
projects
funded
106
teachers
funded
1,200
donors
54
projects
for
basic supplies
33
projects for
technology
50
projects for
books
14
projects
for
art supplies
Great Lakes Academy Charter School has received support from
582 individuals from Illinois and
618 individuals out-of-state.
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