Lane Technical High School

Lane Technical High School is a high-enrollment secondary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school instructs 4,604 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 452% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Lane Technical High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lane Technical High School shows that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cook County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lane Technical High School has 278 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lane Technical High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 90.3%, a residual of +39.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $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), Lane Technical High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bell Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lane Technical High School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 4,429 students in 2018 compared to 4,604 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 35% to 41%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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