Intrinsic 2 Charter High School

Set in Chicago, Illinois, Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is an average-sized high school, part of Intrinsic 2 Charter High School. It hosts 734 students across grades 9 through 12.

Intrinsic 2 Charter High School sits inside Intrinsic 2 Charter High School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Intrinsic 2 Charter High School shows that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 44% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Intrinsic 2 Charter High School has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Intrinsic 2 Charter High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Intrinsic 2 Charter High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.6%; actual is 20.3%, a gap of -26.3 points.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $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), Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is one campus in the mix.

Noble St Chtr-Muchin College Prep is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 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), Intrinsic 2 Charter High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Intrinsic 2 Charter High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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