Enrollment
224
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005787
Uplift Community High School
900 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 · (773) 534-2875 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
161 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 9 | 82 | 37% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 18% |
Student demographics
54%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
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Uplift Community High School
Uplift Community High School's state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Community High School this school | 224 | 71.9% | 9.8% |
| Chicago Military Academy High School Chicago | 209 | 68.4% | 17.0% |
| Ogden Int High School Chicago | 519 | 66.1% | 28.2% |
| Rolling Acres Middle School Peoria | 321 | 72.3% | 23.2% |
| Noble St Chtr-The Noble Academy Chicago | 415 | 81.9% | 22.0% |
| Devry Advantage Academy High Schl Chicago | 152 | 69.1% | 43.5% |
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 Uplift Community High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #518 of 573 | #120 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #508 of 708 | #176 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #7 of 528 | #5 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #147 of 537 | #51 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #146 of 578 | #122 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #218 of 358 | #61 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
224
+163 (+267%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 520
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 | 224 | 25 | 9.0:1 | 72% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 24.5 | 6.6:1 | 83% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 101 | 18.5 | 5.5:1 | 87% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 61 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 19.1 | 12.6:1 | 95% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 95% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 96% (498) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift Community High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (241 to 224); teachers up 31% (19.1 to 25).
About Uplift Community High School
Uplift Community High School is a very small high school that serves part of Chicago, Illinois. It has an enrollment of 224 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Illinois average about 834 students, which makes this school 73% below average.
Uplift Community High School falls under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools enrolling 324,396 students.
The largest group at Uplift Community High School is Black students, at 59%. Smaller groups are 32% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. The diversity index for Uplift Community High School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. Statewide, high schools in Illinois average 13.8:1. Uplift Community High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 72%.
Uplift Community High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 9.8%. Predicted: 30.0%. Difference: 20.2 points.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Uplift Community High School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Uplift Community High School's nearest public school is YCCS-Truman Middle College High School (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Uplift Community High School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Uplift Community High School is 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Reported enrollment: 61 (2020-21) and 224 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
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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
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- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- YCCS-Truman Middle College High School0.4 mi · 192
- McCutcheon Elementary School0.4 mi · 326
- Brennemann Elementary School0.4 mi · 482
- Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center0.7 mi · 266
- Disney Elementary Magnet School0.7 mi · 1,384
- Goudy Technology Academy0.8 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift Community High SchoolHow large is Uplift Community High School?
Uplift Community High School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades 09-12.
Is Uplift Community High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Uplift Community High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Uplift Community High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Uplift Community High School is approximately 9.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Uplift Community High School?
At Uplift Community High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 32% Hispanic, 59% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Uplift Community High School?
Uplift Community High School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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