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Enrollment
838
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006437
Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac
8522 S Lafayette Ave, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 358-6100 · Cook County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL838 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- BBeats 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
94%
788 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 6 | 17 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 184 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 210 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 197 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 116 | 14% |
Student demographics
3%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
23.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
3.0%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 3.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 3.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 →
Schools most like Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac
Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac this school | 838 | 94.0% | 11.7% |
| Hyde Park Academy High School Chicago | 838 | 96.8% | 4.8% |
| Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep Chicago | 529 | 91.7% | 9.0% |
| Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson Chicago | 695 | 88.8% | 13.1% |
| Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School Chicago | 673 | 91.8% | 4.3% |
| East St Louis Senior High School East Saint Louis | 1,288 | 99.3% | 10.0% |
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 - Leadership Ac ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #505 of 573 | #111 of 170 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.0% | #71 of 75 ▼ 2 | #18 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #69 of 75 ▼ 4 | #16 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 838 | #250 of 708 | #104 of 206 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.8% | #536 of 537 | #179 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #28 of 578 | #21 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +92.2% | #3 of 191 | #3 of 86 |
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
838
+310 (+59%) 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 | 838 | N/A | N/A | 94% (788) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | N/A | N/A | 93% (796) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | N/A | N/A | 89% (611) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 436 | N/A | N/A | 95% (415) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac.
About Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac
Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is a mid-sized high school based in Chicago, Illinois. It offers grades 6 through 12 and has 838 students enrolled.
A total of 622 schools make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is 99% Black. The county population is about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac scores 3%.
The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 94%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Illinois public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 11.7% actual against 17.2% predicted.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
The closest school to Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac at 8th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 528 students at Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac; in 2024-25, 838. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
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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 - HS of Tech0.0 mi · 320
- 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 - Leadership AcHow many students attend Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac?
Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac enrolls approximately 838 students in grades 06-12.
Is Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is approximately not reported (0 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac?
Student demographics at Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac are roughly 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 99% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac in?
Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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