North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ

North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is a senior high of rural-scale scale in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, instructing 258 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ logs that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 4.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Legacy Elem Charter School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 10.9%.

The school occupies an urban site. North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 353 (now 258).

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