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Enrollment
695
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006450
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson
821 E 103rd St, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5490 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
C-
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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
15.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
617 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 | 178 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 186 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 189 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 142 | 20% |
Student demographics
11%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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson this school | 695 | 88.8% | 13.1% |
| Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School Chicago | 673 | 91.8% | 4.3% |
| Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep Chicago | 529 | 91.7% | 9.0% |
| Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr Chicago | 534 | 85.8% | 15.0% |
| Clark Academy Prep Magnet High Schl Chicago | 453 | 89.6% | 8.0% |
| Thornridge High School Dolton | 969 | 86.2% | 11.6% |
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 Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #495 of 573 | #105 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #275 of 708 | #114 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #362 of 528 | #105 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #474 of 537 | #142 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #63 of 578 | #54 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #89 of 191 | #43 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
695
+61 (+10%) vs 2020
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 | 695 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 89% (617) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 90% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 89% (587) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 647 | N/A | N/A | 92% (597) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson.
About Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is a low-enrollment high school in Chicago, Illinois, under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Its 695 students are spread across grades 9 through 12.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools with a combined 324,396 students. Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is one of them.
About 94% of the student body at Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is Black. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1 at Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson, with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 89%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of Illinois public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 20.3% at Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.1%.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The closest public school to Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is Corliss High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson at 7th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is one of the charter schools in Illinois.
Enrollment has grown by 61 students since 2020-21, to 695.
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- Corliss High School0.0 mi · 430
- Smith W Elementary School0.2 mi · 340
- Poe Elementary Classical School0.4 mi · 224
- Cullen Elementary School0.6 mi · 176
- YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College High School0.7 mi · 128
- Bennett Elementary School0.8 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Noble St Chtr-Butler - CrimsonHow large is Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson?
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson serve?
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is approximately 15.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson?
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson reports a student body of 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson public or private?
Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.