North Chicago Community High Sch

North Chicago Community High Sch is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in North Chicago, Illinois, run under North Chicago SD 187, teacheing 898 students in grades 9 through 12.

North Chicago SD 187 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,637 students; North Chicago Community High Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, North Chicago Community High Sch reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment; the rest reads as 31% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Lake County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Chicago Community High Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 13.9%; this one delivers 10.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household income runs about $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which North Chicago Community High Sch is one.

Neal Math Science Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Chicago Community High Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.9%.

North Chicago Community High Sch operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 21%: 741 students in 2018 compared to 898 in 2025.

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