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How has Intrinsic 2 Charter High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
734
High
STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTRINSIC 2 CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 170143806763
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School
79 W Monroe St Ste 400, Chicago, IL 60603 · (708) 887-2810 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Illinois public high schools
- C-Test 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
11.6:1
64 FTE teachers
STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
317 students
STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 252 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 215 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 133 | 18% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 Intrinsic 2 Charter High School
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intrinsic 2 Charter High School this school | 734 | 43.2% | 20.3% |
| Disney II Magnet High School Chicago | 738 | 46.5% | 39.6% |
| Westinghouse High School Chicago | 1,230 | 60.2% | 36.9% |
| Proviso Math and Science Academy Forest Park | 925 | 53.6% | 55.0% |
| Romeoville High School Romeoville | 1,848 | 50.7% | 41.4% |
| Chicago HS for the Arts Chicago | 578 | 58.3% | 36.4% |
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 Intrinsic 2 Charter High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #442 of 573 | #71 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #269 of 708 | #111 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #78 of 528 | #20 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #110 of 537 | #40 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #371 of 578 | #159 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
734
+373 (+103%) 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 | 734 | 63.5 | 11.6:1 | 43% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 63 | 11.1:1 | 89% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 50.5 | 12.4:1 | 99% (619) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Intrinsic 2 Charter High School.
About Intrinsic 2 Charter High School
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is a public medium-sized high school in Chicago, Illinois. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 734 students.
In federal data, the district for Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is the school itself.
Black students are the largest group at Intrinsic 2 Charter High School, with 45% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 44% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Intrinsic 2 Charter High School comes in at 60%.
Teachers at the school number 63.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. The 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is 43%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
allk12 grades Intrinsic 2 Charter High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is 26.3 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
The school nearest to Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is Noble St Chtr-Muchin College Prep, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Intrinsic 2 Charter High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Intrinsic 2 Charter High School as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 361 to 734. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Intrinsic 2 Charter High SchoolHow many students attend Intrinsic 2 Charter High School?
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School enrolls approximately 734 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Intrinsic 2 Charter High School serve?
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Intrinsic 2 Charter High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is approximately 11.6:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Intrinsic 2 Charter High School?
Student demographics at Intrinsic 2 Charter High School are roughly 3% White, 44% Hispanic, 45% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Intrinsic 2 Charter High School in?
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is part of Intrinsic 2 Charter High School.
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