| Wells Community Academy High School | |
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| Address | |
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936 N Ashland Ave Chicago , 60622 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°53′57″N 87°40′06″W / 41.8991°N 87.6682°WCoordinates: 41°53′57″N 87°40′06″W / 41.8991°N 87.6682°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1886 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 140790[2] |
| Principal | Rituparna Raichoudhuri[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 456 (2015–16)[3] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue Silver |
| Fight song | Wells Loyalty Song Wells High, we raise our voice to thee. Wells High, you have our loyalty, fighting and always striving, to bring to you a victory. So we'll say… Wells High, to you we pledge our hearts, to you we will be true. Fight on and keep our colors flying, silver and royal blue. |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Raiders |
| Yearbook | Correlator |
| Website | wellshs |
William H. Wells Community Academy High School (commonly known as Wells High School) is public 4-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]
