Goode STEM Academy HS

Goode STEM Academy HS is an average-sized 9-12 campus in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school instructs 991 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Goode STEM Academy HS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Goode STEM Academy HS records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 31% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Goode STEM Academy HS has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Goode STEM Academy HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.9%; this one delivers 14.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Goode STEM Academy HS is one campus in the mix.

Hampton Elem Fine & Perf Arts Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Goode STEM Academy HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Goode STEM Academy HS at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 22.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 903 students in 2018 compared to 991 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 47% to 67%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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