Enrollment
95
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006238
IJLA Charter High School
2570 S Blue Island, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 890-8060 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL95 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Illinois public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
75 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 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 31 | 33% |
Student demographics
2%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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
1.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 2% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% 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 IJLA Charter High School
IJLA Charter High School's state test result (1.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IJLA Charter High School this school | 95 | 78.9% | 1.5% |
| Spry Community Links High School Chicago | 82 | 80.5% | 2.0% |
| DePue High School DePue | 86 | 87.2% | 19.9% |
| YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School Chicago | 174 | 93.1% | 2.8% |
| Aspira Charter - Bus and Fin Chicago | 426 | 83.8% | 9.5% |
| ASPIRA Charter - Early College Pr Chicago | 285 | 92.3% | 14.5% |
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 IJLA Charter High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 95 | #660 of 708 | #199 of 206 |
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
95
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
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 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 79% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 67 | N/A | N/A | 72% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 91% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 97 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 97% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 1 | 176.0:1 | 92% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IJLA Charter High School.
About IJLA Charter High School
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, IJLA Charter High School is a high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 95 students enrolled. By comparison, high schools in Illinois enroll about 834 students on average.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs IJLA Charter High School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
A large majority of enrollment at IJLA Charter High School is Hispanic, at 99%. Among all residents of Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 2%.
Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at IJLA Charter High School is about 79%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
IJLA Charter High School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of Illinois public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, IJLA Charter High School would score about 25.9%. It scores 1.5%, a bottom-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting IJLA Charter High School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, IJLA Charter High School is closest to IHSCA Charter High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. IJLA Charter High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: IJLA Charter High School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 1.5% versus a 22.3% average.
IJLA Charter High School has an NCES locale of City: Large. IJLA Charter High School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 97 to 95, a small change.
IJLA Charter High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- IHSCA Charter High School0.1 mi · 567
- Ruiz Elementary School0.2 mi · 467
- Finkl Elementary School0.3 mi · 240
- Pickard Elementary School0.5 mi · 319
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.5 mi · 98
- Whittier Elementary School0.6 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About IJLA Charter High SchoolHow many students attend IJLA Charter High School?
IJLA Charter High School enrolls approximately 95 students in grades 09-12.
Is IJLA Charter High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
IJLA Charter High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does IJLA Charter High School have?
IJLA Charter High School employs 0 FTE teachers.
How diverse is IJLA Charter High School?
IJLA Charter High School reports a student body of 99% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees IJLA Charter High School?
IJLA Charter High School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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