Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep

Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep is a four-year high school of cozy scale in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, hosting 633 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that teaches 324,396 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep shows that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 27% Black, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Otis Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.2%.

Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep operates from an inner-city location. Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep has ticked down 4%, going from 662 students in 2018 to 633 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 15% to 27% over that span.

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