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Enrollment
1,007
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993002031
Brooks College Prep Academy High School
250 E 111th St, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-9930 · Cook County
GRADES 07–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,007 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Illinois public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
592 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 60 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 239 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 230 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 206 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 213 | 21% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
93.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.6pp since 2023
Math
57.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.2% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 47.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+34.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brooks College Prep Academy High School
Brooks College Prep Academy High School's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks College Prep Academy High School this school | 1,007 | 58.8% | 71.7% |
| Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School Chicago | 1,316 | 57.8% | 55.9% |
| Crete-Monee High School Crete | 1,480 | 57.0% | 18.3% |
| Thornton Fractnl So High School Lansing | 1,803 | 65.8% | 26.6% |
| Kenwood Academy High School Chicago | 2,268 | 53.8% | 62.1% |
| Chicago HS for Agricult Sciences Chicago | 827 | 58.2% | 38.7% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brooks College Prep Academy High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #8 of 573 | #7 of 170 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #6 of 75 no change | #5 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.2% | #2 of 75 ▲ 2 | #2 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,007 | #218 of 708 | #89 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #487 of 528 | #158 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #278 of 537 | #101 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #213 of 578 | #142 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #125 of 191 | #58 of 86 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,007
+60 (+6%) vs 2020
+106% since 2000-01, when it was 489
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,007 | 57.5 | 17.5:1 | 59% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 982 | 59 | 16.6:1 | 64% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 990 | 55.5 | 17.8:1 | 61% (606) |
| 2020-21 | 947 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 962 | 46.1 | 20.9:1 | 72% (691) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 74% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 769 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 87% (668) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 29 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brooks College Prep Academy High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (962 to 1,007); teachers up 25% (46.1 to 57.5).
About Brooks College Prep Academy High School
Brooks College Prep Academy High School is a mid-sized high school in Illinois, with an address in Chicago. It reports enrollment of 1,007 students in grades 7 through 12. The school is 21% larger than the average for high schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students, and Brooks College Prep Academy High School is one of those schools.
At Brooks College Prep Academy High School, 79% of students are Black. The school is also 18% Hispanic and 2% White. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.
Brooks College Prep Academy High School reported 57.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.5:1. The school's 17.5:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for high schools in Illinois. Roughly 59% of students at Brooks College Prep Academy High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Brooks College Prep Academy High School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 97% of Illinois public high schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Brooks College Prep Academy High School is 37.6%. It actually posts 71.7%, which is 34.1 points higher and in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
In the wider Cook County area, median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Brooks College Prep Academy High School.
Measured in a straight line, Cullen Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Brooks College Prep Academy High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Brooks College Prep Academy High School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Brooks College Prep Academy High School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 6%.
Brooks College Prep Academy High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Cullen Elementary School0.5 mi · 176
- Pullman Elementary School0.5 mi · 303
- Lavizzo Elementary School0.6 mi · 394
- Curtis Elementary School0.6 mi · 356
- CICS - Prairie Campus0.7 mi · 412
- Poe Elementary Classical School0.8 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Brooks College Prep Academy High SchoolHow many students attend Brooks College Prep Academy High School?
Brooks College Prep Academy High School enrolls approximately 1,007 students in grades 07-12.
Is Brooks College Prep Academy High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brooks College Prep Academy High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Brooks College Prep Academy High School have?
Brooks College Prep Academy High School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
How diverse is Brooks College Prep Academy High School?
Brooks College Prep Academy High School reports a student body of 2% White, 18% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Brooks College Prep Academy High School?
Brooks College Prep Academy High School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.