Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn

Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn operates as a low-enrollment high school in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 591 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 834.

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

In terms of who attends, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn logs that nearly all students (98%) are Black. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.7%, the actual is 16.4%, a residual of -13.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wadsworth Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn. On composite proficiency, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 19.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn has shrank 8%, going from 641 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.