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Enrollment
591
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006493
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn
6300 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 · (773) 752-8101 · Cook County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Illinois public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
428 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 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 117 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 14% |
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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
6.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 6.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 4.7% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn this school | 591 | 72.4% | 16.4% |
| South Shore Intl Col Prep High School Chicago | 625 | 73.0% | 28.2% |
| Phillips Academy High School Chicago | 467 | 71.5% | 6.3% |
| Cahokia High School Cahokia | 850 | 75.9% | 10.1% |
| Julian High School Chicago | 440 | 78.0% | 5.0% |
| Art in Motion Charter School Chicago | 602 | 79.1% | 15.6% |
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 Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #469 of 573 | #82 of 170 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #67 of 75 ▼ 3 | #15 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #63 of 75 ▼ 1 | #14 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #300 of 708 | #122 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #198 of 528 | #50 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.7% | #528 of 537 | #173 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #144 of 578 | #121 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #203 of 358 | #59 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
591
-60 (-9%) 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 | 591 | 44.1 | 13.4:1 | 72% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 72% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 74% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 641 | N/A | N/A | 84% (537) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn.
About Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn
As a low-enrollment high school, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn serves students in Chicago, Illinois. It serves 591 students in grades 6 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Illinois average about 834 students.
The 622 schools of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, including Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn, enroll 324,396 students.
The large majority of students at Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn, 98%, are Black. The county population is about 22% Black. Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn has a diversity index of 5%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn is 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.4:1. High schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%.
allk12 grades Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn a D. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Illinois, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 16.4% actual against a predicted 29.7%.
Among Cook County residents, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
The closest other public school is Wadsworth Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn's average proficiency of 16.4% compares with 19.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn is a public charter school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn went from 651 students to 591.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Wadsworth Elementary School0.1 mi · 487
- Carnegie Elementary School0.4 mi · 389
- Woodlawn Elementary Community School0.5 mi · 167
- Hyde Park Academy High School0.5 mi · 838
- Till Elementary Math & Science Academy0.7 mi · 370
- Fiske Elementary School0.7 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Univ of Chicago Chtr-WoodlawnWhat is the total enrollment at Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn?
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn enrolls approximately 591 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn serve?
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn.
How diverse is Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn?
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn reports a student body of 2% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn public or private?
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.