Enrollment
258
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006489
North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ
1615 S Christiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 542-1490 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Illinois public high schools
- FTest 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
21.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
256 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 72 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 67 | 26% |
Student demographics
6%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
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
4.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 4% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ
North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ's state test result (4.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ this school | 258 | 99.2% | 4.4% |
| Collins Academy STEAM High School Chicago | 228 | 97.4% | 4.7% |
| Legal Prep Academy Charter High School Chicago | 210 | 97.6% | 3.5% |
| YCCS-Sullivan House Alt High School Chicago | 281 | 98.2% | 0.8% |
| Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School Chicago | 355 | 96.9% | 4.1% |
| North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins Chicago | 276 | 94.9% | 4.6% |
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 North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.4% | #552 of 573 | #149 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #480 of 708 | #170 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #523 of 528 | #168 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.0% | #520 of 537 | #165 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #4 of 578 | #1 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #34 of 358 | #25 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
258
-69 (-21%) 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 | 258 | 12 | 21.5:1 | 99% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 9 | 34.0:1 | 99% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 14 | 22.4:1 | 98% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 353 | N/A | N/A | 98% (347) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ.
About North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is a high school. A federal count lists 258 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Illinois) has about 834 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 324,396 students in its 622 schools, and North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is one of them.
At North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ, Black students make up 97% of the student body. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 21.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Measured against Illinois public high schools, North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is 9.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (4.4% versus 14.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
The shortest distance from North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Legacy Elementary Charter School. The five-mile area around North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 10.9%, higher than North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ's 4.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. NCES lists North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ as a charter school.
The student count in 2024-25 was 258, 21% below the 327 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Legacy Elementary Charter School0.1 mi · 458
- Johnson STEAM Elementary0.4 mi · 209
- Dvorak Technology Academy Elementary School0.4 mi · 276
- Lawndale Elementary Community Academy0.4 mi · 191
- Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center0.5 mi · 92
- Herzl Elementary School0.5 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About North Lawndale Prep Chtr - ChristWhat is the total enrollment at North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ?
North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ enrolls approximately 258 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ serve?
North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ have?
North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ?
At North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ, the student body is approximately 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 97% Black.
Who oversees North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ?
North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.