Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col

Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 323 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 61% smaller than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col logs that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate 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. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col is one campus in the mix.

LEARN Chtr - Butler is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 13.9%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 36%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.