Austin High School (Chicago, Illinois)
| Austin High School (Chicago) | |
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| Address | |
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231 N. Pine Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60644 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′06″N 87°45′45″W / 41.8849°N 87.7626°WCoordinates: 41°53′06″N 87°45′45″W / 41.8849°N 87.7626°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Opened | 1876 2006 (Austin Business & Entrepreneurship) 2007 (Polytech) 2008 (V.O.I.S.E) 2016 (College & Career Academy) |
| Closed | 2016; (Business & Entrepreneurship, Polytech, V.O.I.S.E) |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| Principal | Patricia J. Harper–Reynolds |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 245 (2016–17) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Maroon White |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Yearbook | Maroon & White |
| Website | accachicago |
Austin High School (now known as Austin College and Career Academy High School) is a public 4–year high school located at 231 North Pine Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Operated by the Chicago Public Schools, Austin opened in 1876 and was named in honor of Henry W. Austin, a Chicago real estate developer In 2004, the online newsletter Chicago-Catalyst.org called it the yellow brick fortress. Austin Polytech shared its campus with two smaller schools; Austin Business & Entrepreneurship Academy High and V.O.I.S.E. Academy High School. After the 2015–2016 school year, the small schools converted into one school and was renamed Austin College and Career Academy High School.
Austin was opened by the Chicago Public Schools district in 1876. During the mid-twentieth century, Austin High was considered one of the best high schools in the Chicago area. In later years, however, Austin suffered from low test scores, low attendance, and student violence. The Chicago Public Schools began phasing it out in 2004, ordering the school to stop admitting new freshmen students. The last graduations were held in June 2007 and the phase-out was completed by the end of summer, 2007. Many of the old school records from 1890 to 1970 are now preserved at the Chicago Public Library in the Special Collections for Community History.
As part of the Renaissance 2010 program, the school's campus was then converted into three smaller high schools:
Austin competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Austin sport teams are nicknamed Tigers. In 1937, Austin High School's football team played Leo Catholic High School in the Chicago Prep Bowl at Soldier Field. Austin was led by star running back Bill DeCorrevont, one of the best known high school athletes of his day. The attendance was estimated to be as high as 130,000—possibly the largest crowd to ever attend an American football game. (Sources vary on the exact figure, however; the Illinois High School Association provides an estimate of 110,000 attendees.) Austin won 26-0.
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