Enrollment
320
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006441
Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech
8522 S Lafayette Ave, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 358-6120 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Illinois public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
304 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 | 73 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 84 | 26% |
Student demographics
5%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
9.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 →
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Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech's state test result (9.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech this school | 320 | 95.0% | 9.3% |
| North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins Chicago | 276 | 94.9% | 4.6% |
| Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School Chicago | 355 | 96.9% | 4.1% |
| Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus Chicago | 313 | 93.0% | 19.1% |
| Perspectives Chtr - IIT Campus Chicago | 413 | 93.2% | 10.3% |
| Collins Academy STEAM High School Chicago | 228 | 97.4% | 4.7% |
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 Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #522 of 573 | #124 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #429 of 708 | #156 of 206 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #525 of 537 | #170 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #19 of 578 | #12 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #278 of 358 | #78 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
320
-16 (-5%) 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 | 320 | N/A | N/A | 95% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | N/A | N/A | 92% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | N/A | N/A | 91% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 333 | N/A | N/A | 92% (307) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech.
About Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech
Federal records list Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech as a high school in Chicago, Illinois. There are 320 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Illinois enroll around 834, and this school is 62% below that mark.
Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech is among 622 schools run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which serves 324,396 students.
Black students are 98% of those enrolled at Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% Hispanic. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 5, compared with 70 nationally.
On the income side, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Illinois public high schools.
Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (9.3%) and its predicted rate (16.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech.
Among nearby public schools, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech is 9th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 336 to 320, a 5% decline.
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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
- Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac0.0 mi · 838
- Neil Elementary School0.3 mi · 258
- McDade Elementary Classical School0.5 mi · 207
- Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center0.5 mi · 300
- Simeon Career Academy High School0.6 mi · 1,095
- Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School0.7 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Perspectives Chtr - HS of TechWhat is the total enrollment at Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech?
Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech serve?
Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech?
Approximately unreported students per teacher at Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech.
How diverse is Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech?
Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech reports a student body of 2% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech?
Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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