North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins

North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins is a very small 9-12 campus in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school serves 276 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 67% below typical.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins logs that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 4.6%.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Collins Academy STEAM High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 14.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins has contracted 21%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.