Steinmetz College Prep HS

Located at 3030 N Mobile Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Steinmetz College Prep HS is a mid-tier 9-12 campus that caters to 1,230 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment runs roughly 47% above the state mean of about 834.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Steinmetz College Prep HS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Steinmetz College Prep HS records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 16% Black, 8% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Steinmetz College Prep HS has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Steinmetz College Prep HS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Steinmetz College Prep HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Steinmetz College Prep HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.9%, the actual is 13.5%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Steinmetz College Prep HS is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Lyon Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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), Steinmetz College Prep HS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 1,262 students in 2018 compared to 1,230 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Steinmetz College Prep HS community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.