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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Julian High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
440
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000895
Julian High School
10330 S Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-5170 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
343 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 9 | 86 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 129 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 24% |
Student demographics
9%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
5.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% 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 Julian High School
Julian High School's state test result (5.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julian High School this school | 440 | 78.0% | 5.0% |
| Art in Motion Charter School Chicago | 602 | 79.1% | 15.6% |
| Walter Henri Dyett HS for Arts Chicago | 538 | 83.1% | 6.9% |
| South Shore Intl Col Prep High School Chicago | 625 | 73.0% | 28.2% |
| Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn Chicago | 591 | 72.4% | 16.4% |
| Phillips Academy High School Chicago | 467 | 71.5% | 6.3% |
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 Julian High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #544 of 573 | #141 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #352 of 708 | #139 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #49 of 528 | #14 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #494 of 537 | #149 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #122 of 578 | #107 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #108 of 358 | #44 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
440
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-76% since 1990-91, when it was 1,843
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 | 440 | 40 | 11.0:1 | 78% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 35.5 | 13.2:1 | 81% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 35.5 | 13.0:1 | 82% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 97% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 96% (674) |
| 2010-11 | 1,245 | 74 | 16.8:1 | 89% (1,104) |
| 2000-01 | 1,143 | 64 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,843 | 107 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julian High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (516 to 440); teachers up 21% (33 to 40).
About Julian High School
Julian High School is a small high school serving families in Chicago, Illinois. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 440 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Illinois is about 834, so this school runs 47% smaller than that.
Julian High School is one of 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students in total.
Black students are the large majority at Julian High School, with 95% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Julian High School comes in at 9%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.0:1, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Julian High School is 78%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
In Illinois, Julian High School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 5.0% compared with a predicted 26.5%.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Julian High School's average proficiency of 5.0% compares with 24.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 453 in 2020-21 and 440 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
Community posts for Julian High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Julian High schools
One other US public school is named Julian High. Julian High School is the largest of the 2.
- Julian HighJulian, CA · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center0.2 mi · 243
- Garvey M Elementary School0.4 mi · 262
- Mount Vernon Elementary School0.4 mi · 245
- Wacker Elementary School0.8 mi · 217
- Fernwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 259
- Green W Elementary School0.9 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Julian High SchoolHow many students attend Julian High School?
Julian High School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Julian High School serve?
Julian High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Julian High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Julian High School is approximately 11.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Julian High School?
At Julian High School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Julian High School in?
Julian High School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.