Enrollment
283
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005794
Multicultural Arts High School
3120 S Kostner Ave, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 535-4242 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Illinois public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
265 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 65 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 27% |
Student demographics
31%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
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Multicultural Arts High School
Multicultural Arts High School's state test result (10.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multicultural Arts High School this school | 283 | 93.6% | 10.6% |
| School of Social Justice High School Chicago | 269 | 94.1% | 10.7% |
| Gage Park High School Chicago | 392 | 93.9% | 4.3% |
| YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican Chicago | 184 | 92.4% | 2.8% |
| Farragut Career Academy High School Chicago | 490 | 93.7% | 12.7% |
| Phoenix Military Academy High School Chicago | 372 | 87.4% | 23.0% |
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 Multicultural Arts High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #511 of 573 | #117 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #464 of 708 | #165 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #54 of 528 | #15 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #299 of 537 | #107 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #34 of 578 | #27 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.9% | #22 of 191 | #13 of 86 |
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
283
+59 (+26%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 337
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 | 283 | 25.5 | 11.1:1 | 94% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 26.8 | 9.4:1 | 95% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 23.5 | 11.4:1 | 94% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 224 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 15.9 | 14.0:1 | 99% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 99% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 22 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Multicultural Arts High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (223 to 283); teachers up 60% (15.9 to 25.5).
About Multicultural Arts High School
Families in Chicago, Illinois, are served by Multicultural Arts High School, a very small high school. It reports enrollment of 283 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 66% below the average for high schools in Illinois.
The Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 system has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Multicultural Arts High School is Hispanic, at 81%. The rest of enrollment is 18% Black. Among all residents of Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. The diversity index for Multicultural Arts High School is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. The school has 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for high schools in Illinois is 13.8:1. In all, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 28 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Multicultural Arts High School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Illinois public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Multicultural Arts High School would score about 17.4%. It scores 10.6%, 6.8 points below that figure.
Census data for Cook County show median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Infinity Math Science & Tech High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Multicultural Arts High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Multicultural Arts High School ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 10.6% against a local average of 20.1%.
Multicultural Arts High School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment rose 26% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
Quick facts
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- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
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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
- Infinity Math Science & Tech High School0.0 mi · 427
- World Language High School0.0 mi · 389
- School of Social Justice High School0.0 mi · 269
- Zapata Elementary Academy0.4 mi · 524
- Whitney Elementary School0.6 mi · 559
- Corkery Elementary School0.7 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Multicultural Arts High SchoolHow many students attend Multicultural Arts High School?
Multicultural Arts High School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Multicultural Arts High School serve?
Multicultural Arts High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Multicultural Arts High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Multicultural Arts High School is approximately 11.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Multicultural Arts High School?
At Multicultural Arts High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 18% Black.
Is Multicultural Arts High School public or private?
Multicultural Arts High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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