Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr

Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr is a secondary school of low-enrollment scale in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, teacheing 534 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 36% below typical.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr higher than the state norm the norm. About 86% 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 noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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-Hansberry Prep Slvr is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jackson M Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 18.9%.

Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr operates from a downtown location. Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr 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. Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 628 (now 534).

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