How do you get into Manley Career Academy High School?

Rank it on your GoCPS application by November 13. Manley Career Academy High School offers Culinary & Hospitality — each program has its own admission route, and several take no admissions test at all.

Does Manley Career Academy High School have a ranking?

No — and neither does any CPS school. The district retired its 1+/1/2+ school levels, so any ranking you see comes from a third party, not CPS. What CPS does publish is on this page: the graduation and college-enrollment rates beside the district average.

← All schools

Chicago Public Schools

Manley Career Academy High School

2935 W POLK ST · 128 students · grades 9-12

By the numbers

Graduate in 4 years

57%

district 86% (-28)

Enroll in college

10%

district 65% (-55)

CPS status

Intensive Support

district accountability

CPS publishes no school ranking — it retired its 1+/1/2+ levels — so these sit beside the district average rather than a position in a list.

About MANLEY HS

Manley offers three award-winning CTE programs and a wide range of community partners, including One-Goal, GEAR-UP, and EMBARC, which promotes college-readiness and student development and leadership. Manley Career Academy High School offers 10 Advanced Placement Courses and a college preparatory curriculum. Here at Manley, we have a vision of being a premiere choice in urban education. Over the past years Manley has dramatically improved, achieving a higher school performance status, by staff collaboratively working with students, parents, and community partners. Manley has achieved the following results: - Increase Freshmen On Track Growth (2016) - 100% College Acceptance (Senior Classes of 2016 and 2017) - 33% of students earned AP College Credit before graduating HS

2935 W POLK ST, Chicago, IL 60612 · 7735346900

Official school website →

Programs you can apply to here

Culinary & Hospitality

You apply to a program, not just to a school — and several of these take no admissions test.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get into Manley Career Academy High School?: Rank it on your GoCPS application by November 13. Manley Career Academy High School offers Culinary & Hospitality — each program has its own admission route, and several take no admissions test at all.
Does Manley Career Academy High School have a ranking?: No — and neither does any CPS school. The district retired its 1+/1/2+ school levels, so any ranking you see comes from a third party, not CPS. What CPS does publish is on this page: the graduation and college-enrollment rates beside the district average.

Closest other high schools

North Lawndale College Prep - Collins · 0.5 mi
Collins Academy STEAM High School · 0.5 mi
Noble - DRW College Prep · 0.6 mi
John Marshall Metropolitan High School · 0.7 mi
Ombudsman Chicago- West · 0.7 mi
Phoenix Military Academy High School · 0.9 mi

School facts, graduation and college-enrollment rates come from the City of Chicago open data portal, refreshed 2026-09-12. The official source of truth for admissions is cps.edu/gocps.

Loading…