IJLA Charter High School

As a very small high school in Chicago, Illinois, IJLA Charter High School instructs 95 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 89% below the state mean of about 834.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, IJLA Charter High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, IJLA Charter High School logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, IJLA Charter High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.9%; actual is 1.5%, a gap of -24.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), IJLA Charter High School is one campus in the mix.

IHSCA Charter High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IJLA Charter High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IJLA Charter High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 22.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. As a public charter, IJLA Charter High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. IJLA Charter High School's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 86 (now 95).

In the discussion threads here, members of the IJLA Charter High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.