Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep

Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep operates as a moderately sized high school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 957 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

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

On the student-mix side, Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 45% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.7%; this one delivers 20.5%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep is one.

Orozco Elem Fine Arts & Sciences is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, Noble St Chtr-UIC College 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 changed only slightly: 939 students in 2018 compared to 957 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 64% to 45% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.