Enrollment
183
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000879
Hirsch Metropolitan High School
7740 S Ingleside Ave, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 535-3100 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
147 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 9 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 57 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 54 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 23% |
Student demographics
18%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 4% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hirsch Metropolitan High School
Hirsch Metropolitan High School's state test result (4.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirsch Metropolitan High School this school | 183 | 80.3% | 4.4% |
| Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School Chicago | 148 | 81.8% | 8.8% |
| Manley Career Academy High School Chicago | 193 | 85.0% | 5.2% |
| Austin College and Career Academy High School Chicago | 190 | 83.7% | 4.0% |
| CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus Chicago | 247 | 85.0% | 7.7% |
| Crane Medical Prep High School Chicago | 295 | 87.1% | 8.0% |
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 Hirsch Metropolitan High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.4% | #550 of 573 | #147 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #556 of 708 | #185 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #118 of 578 | #103 of 171 |
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
183
-121 (-40%) vs 2020
-82% since 1990-91, when it was 1,020
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 | 183 | 16.5 | 11.1:1 | 80% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 173 | 18.5 | 9.3:1 | 87% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 164 | 16 | 10.3:1 | 77% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 136 | 7.8 | 17.4:1 | 99% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 143 | 13 | 11.0:1 | 98% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 99% (500) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 39 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,020 | 67 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hirsch Metropolitan High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (136 to 183); teachers up 111% (7.8 to 16.5).
About Hirsch Metropolitan High School
Hirsch Metropolitan High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 183 students. High schools in Illinois have about 834 students on average; enrollment here is 78% lower.
Hirsch Metropolitan High School is a school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The district has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Black students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
Teacher count: 16.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.1:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 80%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hirsch Metropolitan High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools: 4.4% actual against 25.1% predicted.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hirsch Metropolitan High School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 4.4% against a local average of 21.9%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Hirsch Metropolitan High School had a net loss of 121 students, or 40%.
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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
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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
- Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School0.1 mi · 293
- Tanner Elementary School0.5 mi · 272
- Avalon Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 225
- Madison Elementary School0.7 mi · 224
- Revere Elementary School0.7 mi · 184
- Noble St Chtr-Comer College Prep0.8 mi · 1,007
Frequently asked questions
About Hirsch Metropolitan High SchoolHow large is Hirsch Metropolitan High School?
Hirsch Metropolitan High School enrolls approximately 183 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hirsch Metropolitan High School serve?
Hirsch Metropolitan High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Hirsch Metropolitan High School have?
Hirsch Metropolitan High School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
How diverse is Hirsch Metropolitan High School?
Hirsch Metropolitan High School reports a student body of 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 90% Black.
Who oversees Hirsch Metropolitan High School?
Hirsch Metropolitan High School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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