Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS

Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS is one of the micro-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 148 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 82% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

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

Demographically, Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS reports that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 24.3%; this one comes in at 8.8%, -15.5 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS is one.

James R Doolittle Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 16.0%.

Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS operates from a city-core location. Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Urban Prep Chtr Bronzeville HS's enrollment has ticked down 53% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 148).

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