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Enrollment
529
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006494
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep
6350 S Stewart Ave, Chicago, IL 60621 · (312) 348-1888 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C+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
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
485 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 | 149 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 139 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 140 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 101 | 19% |
Student demographics
10%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
9.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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-Johnson Colg Prep
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep's state test result (9.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep this school | 529 | 91.7% | 9.0% |
| Clark Academy Prep Magnet High Schl Chicago | 453 | 89.6% | 8.0% |
| Perspectives Chtr - IIT Campus Chicago | 413 | 93.2% | 10.3% |
| Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School Chicago | 673 | 91.8% | 4.3% |
| Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson Chicago | 695 | 88.8% | 13.1% |
| YCCS-Innovations of Arts Integr Chicago | 392 | 89.3% | 1.5% |
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-Johnson Colg Prep ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #523 of 573 | #125 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #318 of 708 | #133 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #478 of 528 | #153 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #484 of 537 | #145 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #49 of 578 | #42 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #20 of 358 | #18 of 101 |
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
529
+10 (+2%) 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 | 529 | 30.5 | 17.3:1 | 92% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 91% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 33.5 | 14.7:1 | 94% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 780 | N/A | N/A | 96% (749) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep.
About Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep is a small high school based in Chicago, Illinois. Its enrollment is 529 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 834 students for high schools in Illinois.
The 622 schools of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, including Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep, enroll 324,396 students.
Roughly 95% of students at Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep are Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep scores 10%.
Staffing at Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep comes to 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.3:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Illinois is 13.8:1. Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep counts 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of Illinois public high schools.
A school with Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 18.6%. Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep scores 9.0%, 9.6 points below that line.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Urban Prep Chtr Academy Englewood High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 519 to 529.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Urban Prep Chtr Academy Englewood High School0.2 mi · 87
- Barbara A Sizemore Campus0.3 mi · 231
- Kershaw Elementary School0.3 mi · 226
- Parker Elementary Community Academy0.6 mi · 367
- Englewood STEM High School0.6 mi · 778
- Mays Elementary Academy0.7 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg PrepHow many students attend Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep?
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep enrolls approximately 529 students in grades 09-12.
Is Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep an elementary, middle, or high school?
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep have?
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep?
Student demographics at Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep are roughly 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 95% Black.
Is Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep public or private?
Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep 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.