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Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep
Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep is a senior high of medium-sized scale in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, serveing 1,060 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 27% above 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), Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 40% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.2%, the actual is 20.3%, a residual of -1.0 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep is one.
The closest other public school is Dett Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area. As a public charter, Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 1,136 students in 2018 compared to 1,060 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 66% to 40% across the same window.
On this page, members of the Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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