Hancock College Preparatory HS

Hancock College Preparatory HS is a 9-12 campus of average-sized scale in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, educateing 1,050 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 834.

Hancock College Preparatory HS is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that hosts 324,396 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hancock College Preparatory HS records that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Hancock College Preparatory HS records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Hancock College Preparatory HS ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.2%; Hancock College Preparatory HS posts 72.5%, +38.4 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 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), Hancock College Preparatory HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grimes Elem School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hancock College Preparatory HS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 9%: 967 students in 2018 compared to 1,050 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window.

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