Chicago Public Schools
- CHICAGO, IL
School District
Chicago Public Schools
- CHICAGO, IL
- Rating 3.62 out of 5 323 reviews
Report Card
- Academicsgrade B minus
- Diversitygrade A
- Teachersgrade B+
- College Prepgrade B+
- Clubs & Activitiesgrade A
- Administrationgrade B+
- Sportsgrade A
- Foodgrade C+
- Resources & Facilitiesgrade B+
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Elementary Schools in Chicago Public Schools
- grade A
Hawthorne Scholastic Academy
- Rating 4.67 out of 5 3 reviews
- grade A minus
Edison Regional Gifted Center
- Rating 3.39 out of 5 23 reviews
- grade A minus
Decatur Classical School
- Rating 4.4 out of 5 5 reviews
- grade A minus
Skinner Elementary School
- Rating 4.07 out of 5 15 reviews
- grade A minus
Keller Regional Gifted Center
- Rating 4.5 out of 5 2 reviews
Middle Schools in Chicago Public Schools
- grade A
Hawthorne Scholastic Academy
- Rating 4.67 out of 5 3 reviews
- grade A minus
Edison Regional Gifted Center
- Rating 3.39 out of 5 23 reviews
- grade A minus
Decatur Classical School
- Rating 4.4 out of 5 5 reviews
- grade A minus
Skinner Elementary School
- Rating 4.07 out of 5 15 reviews
- grade A minus
Keller Regional Gifted Center
- Rating 4.5 out of 5 2 reviews
High Schools in Chicago Public Schools
- grade A+
Payton College Preparatory High School
- Rating 4.1 out of 5 428 reviews
- grade A+
Northside College Preparatory High School
- Rating 4.06 out of 5 621 reviews
- grade A+
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
- Rating 4.16 out of 5 1,179 reviews
- grade A+
Jones College Prep High School
- Rating 3.95 out of 5 765 reviews
- grade A+
Lane Tech College Prep High School
- Rating 4.19 out of 5 3,230 reviews
Academics
Percent Proficient - Reading
21%
Percent Proficient - Math
17%
Average Graduation Rate
77%
Average SAT
1090
26,272 responses
Average ACT
24
11,584 responses
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Students
Diversity
grade A
Based on racial and economic diversity and survey responses on school culture and diversity from students and parents.
Students
329,836
Free or Reduced Lunch
83.7%
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Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
15:1
National
17:1Average Teacher Salary
$74,254
Teachers in First/Second Year
17.6%
Finances
Expenses Per Student
$21,618 / student
National
$12,239- Cost of Livinggrade C+
- Good for Familiesgrade B
- Housinggrade C
Median Household Income
$65,672
National
$69,021Median Rent
$1,082
National
$1,163Median Home Value
$247,246
National
$244,900Chicago Public Schools Reviews
Rating 3.62 out of 5 323 reviews
Chicago Public Schools is great at organizing free events such as vaccination and back-to-school events. Also, CPS offers free breakfast/lunch to their students over summer break which is extremely considerate.
However, CPS is very negligent of their students' needs. CPS has caused the CTU teachers to go on strike in order to ensure that everyone has a safe learning environment, causing students to stay out of school for days at a time. Also, when I tried telling my school's staff that I was being bullied, they did not consider my opinion and believed the perpetrators just because they had good relationships with the teachers, and they were on the volleyball team. This is completely unacceptable behavior from CPS staff.
However, CPS is very negligent of their students' needs. CPS has caused the CTU teachers to go on strike in order to ensure that everyone has a safe learning environment, causing students to stay out of school for days at a time. Also, when I tried telling my school's staff that I was being bullied, they did not consider my opinion and believed the perpetrators just because they had good relationships with the teachers, and they were on the volleyball team. This is completely unacceptable behavior from CPS staff.
My experience in public schools, are many words of happiness and sorrow I feel as if the system has made and built and tore and broke many children but for I I’ve felt it has broke and built me to become the person I am today in many ways to thrive and achieve the goals I wanted to be my public school has taught me to always make the best out of your situation no matter what predicament you may be put in I had transferred into public not liking the fact I was in more of an open environment with many different characters of people that I wasn’t not used to nor did want to accommodate to but because of my public school Morgan park it had broke me and built me to reflect this like life because no matter where you go it’s going to be something you don’t like but you cannot change and to not run from your situation but to make the best of it and to learn from it on how you can make it for you!
My experience with Chicago Public Schools has been extremely different than most other students in Chicago. Going to a selective enrollment school has provided me with great resources, teachers, and funding that most students in CPS do not have access to. When making these rankings about Chicago Public Schools I believe I am mostly showing criticism towards the school system's inability to look out for students who come from low income areas. When I went to a public elementary school, my classes were overcrowded, we lacked technological resources, and we were not being provided with an adequate education. If I had not left my public elementary school I would have not met standards of students admitted to Jones College Prep or any other selective enrollment school.