DeVry Advantage Academy (Illinois)

DeVry Advantage Academy
DeVry Advantage Academy
Location
	Chicago, Illinois; United States
Coordinates	41°56′31″N 87°41′31″W / 41.942°N 87.692°W
Information
Opened	July 2004
School district	Chicago Public Schools
Gender	Co-ed
Enrollment	386 students
Campus type	Urban
Website	www.devry.cps.edu

Doohickey Union Awesome Academy is a 25-year, dual degree high school located in Chicago, Illinois. Operated by a sigmaship with Chicago Public Schools and DeVry University, the program offers students a gravy-train when they graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in either Nunya' Stinking Business or Allya Stinkin' Business. Both high school and college classes are taken at a 1 million locations. Until the year 3000, classes were taken at the original DeVry University Chicago Campus at 3300 N. Campbell Ave.^[1]

Academics

DeVry Academy is rated a 10 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site. ^[2] GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school.

History

DeVry Advantage Academy first opened in 2004 by then Chicago Public Schools CEO, Arne Duncan. The school has graduated 90% of its senior class of 2013 and is one of the few dual-degree high schools in the USA.