Enrollment
148
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006132
Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School
521 E 35th St, Chicago, IL 60616 · (773) 624-3444 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
121 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 | 44 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 25% |
Student demographics
10%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
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% 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 Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School
Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School this school | 148 | 81.8% | 8.8% |
| Hirsch Metropolitan High School Chicago | 183 | 80.3% | 4.4% |
| Manley Career Academy High School Chicago | 193 | 85.0% | 5.2% |
| CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus Chicago | 247 | 85.0% | 7.7% |
| Austin College and Career Academy High School Chicago | 190 | 83.7% | 4.0% |
| YCCS-Community Youth Dev Inst High School Chicago | 94 | 89.4% | 2.9% |
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 Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #524 of 573 | #126 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 148 | #599 of 708 | #188 of 206 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #112 of 578 | #97 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -53.2% | #7 of 358 | #6 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
148
-189 (-56%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 136
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 | 148 | 10 | 14.8:1 | 82% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 167 | 12 | 13.9:1 | 91% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 15 | 14.6:1 | 84% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 316 | N/A | N/A | 82% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 18 | 23.1:1 | 81% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 136 | 9 | 15.1:1 | 82% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School.
About Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School
The public high school Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is located in Chicago, Illinois. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 148 students on the rolls. High schools in Illinois average about 834 students, which makes this school 82% below average.
Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is one of 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is 95% Black. Next come 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
Classroom staffing at Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School totals 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The average for high schools in Illinois is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is about 82%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is 15.5 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Cook County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
James R Doolittle Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Enrollment records show 337 in 2020-21 and 148 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable.
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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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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
- James R Doolittle Academy0.1 mi · 257
- Chicago Military Academy High School0.3 mi · 209
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Donoghue0.4 mi · 499
- Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy0.4 mi · 308
- John J Pershing Magnet Elementary0.4 mi · 439
- Phillips Academy High School0.6 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School?
Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School enrolls approximately 148 students in grades 09-12.
Is Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School?
At Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School, the student body is approximately 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School public or private?
Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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