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Enrollment
993
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006293
Intrinsic Charter High School
4540 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 · (708) 887-2735 · Cook County
GRADES 07–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL993 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
906 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 7 | 160 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 182 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 179 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 158 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 165 | 17% |
Student demographics
10%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.3pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 10.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Charter High School
Intrinsic Charter High School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intrinsic Charter High School this school | 993 | 91.2% | 26.4% |
| J Sterling Morton Freshman Cntr Cicero | 941 | 92.5% | N/A |
| Back of The Yards IB High School Chicago | 1,039 | 93.0% | 31.6% |
| Noble St Chtr - Mansueto Chicago | 1,106 | 91.0% | 26.8% |
| Solorio Academy High School Chicago | 1,287 | 90.5% | 29.9% |
| Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep Chicago | 993 | 94.1% | 33.0% |
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 Intrinsic Charter High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #398 of 573 | #52 of 170 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #55 of 75 ▲ 1 | #9 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #51 of 75 ▲ 5 | #11 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 993 | #221 of 708 | #91 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #138 of 528 | #35 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.3% | #482 of 537 | #144 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #50 of 578 | #43 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #315 of 358 | #93 of 101 |
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
993
-13 (-1%) 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 | 993 | 78.5 | 12.7:1 | 91% (906) |
| 2023-24 | 947 | 77.5 | 12.2:1 | 90% (850) |
| 2022-23 | 992 | 67.3 | 14.8:1 | 86% (858) |
| 2020-21 | 1,006 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,010 | N/A | N/A | 84% (844) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | 35 | 23.4:1 | 84% (688) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Intrinsic Charter High School.
About Intrinsic Charter High School
Intrinsic Charter High School is a mid-sized high school in Chicago, Illinois, under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It reports enrollment of 993 students in grades 7 through 12.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, operates 622 schools serving 324,396 students.
The share of students at Intrinsic Charter High School who are Hispanic is 95%. Other students are 3% White and 2% Black. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 27% Hispanic. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at Intrinsic Charter High School are from different groups.
There are 78.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.7:1. Across high schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Of all students at Intrinsic Charter High School, 91% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 18.8%.
The school is in Cook County, where the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Intrinsic Charter High School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
The closest school to Intrinsic Charter High School is Scammon Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 26.4% is above the 19.2% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. Intrinsic Charter High School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 993, close to the 1,006 recorded in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Intrinsic Charter High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Scammon Elementary School0.4 mi · 620
- Barry Elementary School0.5 mi · 473
- Falconer Elementary School0.5 mi · 846
- Schurz High School0.6 mi · 1,244
- Foreman High School0.7 mi · 650
- YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt High School0.7 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Intrinsic Charter High SchoolHow many students attend Intrinsic Charter High School?
Intrinsic Charter High School enrolls approximately 993 students in grades 07-12.
Is Intrinsic Charter High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Intrinsic Charter High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Intrinsic Charter High School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Intrinsic Charter High School.
What is the student diversity at Intrinsic Charter High School?
Student demographics at Intrinsic Charter High School are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Intrinsic Charter High School public or private?
Intrinsic Charter High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.