Wells High School | |
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Address | |
936 N. Ashland Ave Chicago , 60622 United States | |
Coordinates | 41°53′57″N 87°40′06″W / 41.8991°N 87.6682°W |
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School type | |
Motto | "Raiders on the RISE!" |
Opened | 1935 |
School district | Chicago Public Schools |
CEEB code | 140790[2] |
Principal | Brad L. Rossi[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Coed |
Enrollment | 445 (2023–2024)[3] |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Royal Blue Silver |
Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
Team name | Raiders |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
Yearbook | Correlator |
Website | wellshs |
William H. Wells Community Academy High School is public four-year high school located in the West Town neighborhood on the Near Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Wells is a part of the Chicago Public Schools system. Wells serves grades 9 through 12. Wells is named after former superintendent of Chicago Public Schools William H. Wells.
Currently, Wells serves a large section of the inner and central areas of Chicago, with its attendance boundaries reaching as far north as Webster Avenue, as far south as 16th Street, as far east as Lake Michigan, and as far west as Sacramento Boulevard. This area includes sections of West Town, Bucktown, the Chicago Loop, the Near North Side, and the Near West Side.[4]