Alcott College Prep

Alcott College Prep is one of the modestly sized four-year high schools in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 373 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Alcott College Prep sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Alcott College Prep is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alcott College Prep records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 15% Black, 14% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Alcott College Prep sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 18.2%.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Alcott College Prep is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jahn Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alcott College Prep comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alcott College Prep has ticked up 20%, going from 311 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 10% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 4.4:1 today.

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