Rezin Orr Academy High School is a public four-year high school bordered between the neighborhoods of West Garfield and Humboldt Park located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district and is managed by the Academy for Urban School Leadership. The school is named after labor leader Rezin Orr.
Orr Academy High School | |
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730 N. Pulaski Road , 60624 | |
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School type | Public Secondary |
Opened | 1918 1973 (present building) |
School district | Chicago Public Schools |
CEEB code | 140696[1] |
Principal | Dr. Shanele Andrews |
Enrollment | 516 (2013–14) |
Color(s) | Gold Black |
Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
Team name | Spartans |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
Website | School Website |
Orr traces its origins to 1918, when it was opened as an elementary school. It began hosting high school students in the 1920s, when it became a branch of Austin High School. From the 1940s to the 1950s, Orr was used a vocational school for seventh and eighth grade boys, and for a short period it served as a temporary home for Our Lady of the Angels School after that school was ravaged by a fire in 1958. Orr was then used as a branch of Marshall High School before becoming an independent high school in 1963.[2] Orr moved into a new building in 1973.[3] The current school building was designed by the firm of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.[4]
Orr competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).[5] The boys' basketball team were state champions in 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.[6]