Lake View High School

As a big senior high in Chicago, Illinois, Lake View High School enrolls 1,431 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 72% bigger than typical.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Lake View High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lake View High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Black, 8% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lake View High School has 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake View High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake View High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Blaine Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lake View High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lake View High School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,391 (now 1,431). The White share of enrollment shrank from 14% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Lake View High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.