Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus

Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus, a tiny high school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, works with 285 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 834.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus reports that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Other groups include 15% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.4%, the actual is 12.9%, a residual of -4.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus is one.

The closest other public school is Bowen High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 21.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 285 in 2025.

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