World Language High School

World Language High School operates as a tight-knit secondary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 389 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 53% below the state mean of about 834.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; World Language High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, World Language High School shows that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, World Language High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.5%, the actual is 16.3%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), World Language High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Multicultural Arts High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), World Language High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 19.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 91% to 95% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.