Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus

Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus is one of the one-room-style high schools in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 313 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 62% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%); the rest consists of 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.8%; this one delivers 19.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is National Teachers Elem Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus. On composite proficiency, Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.9%.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Perspectives Chtr - Joslin Campus has fell 19%, going from 386 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 87% to 95% across the same window.

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