Wendell Phillips Academy High School

Wendell Phillips Academy High School
Address
Map
244 East Pershing Road

Chicago
,
Illinois
60653

United States
Coordinates41°49′28″N 87°37′11″W / 41.82444°N 87.61972°W / 41.82444; -87.61972[1]
Information
School type
Motto"The Premiere South Side School of Choice."
OpenedSeptember 4, 1904 (1904-09-04)
School districtChicago Public Schools
CEEB code141375[2]
NCES School ID170993001061[3]
PrincipalRashad J. Talley
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment401 (2023–2024)[4]
AreaUrban
Color(s)  Blue
  White
Athletics conferenceChicago Public League
Team nameWildcats
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools
YearbookPhillipsite
Websitephillipshs.org Edit this at Wikidata

Wendell Phillips Academy High School is a public four-year high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in September 1904, Phillips is part of the Chicago Public Schools district and is managed by the Academy for Urban School Leadership. Phillips is named for the American abolitionist Wendell Phillips.[5] Phillips is known as the first predominantly African-American high school in the City of Chicago. Phillips' building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 7, 2003.[6]

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  3. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Phillips Academy High School (170993001061)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Chicago Public Schools: Wendell Phillips Acad HS". Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  5. ^ "The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner, 1914-1919 (By Ring Lardner, George W. Hilton)". Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
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