High · Illinois

Bowen High School

Free meals for all

Bowen High School, a public high school in Chicago, Illinois: grades 9–12, 278 students, 13.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 278
Teachers (FTE): 20.8
Students per teacher: 13.4
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 50% of high schools in Illinois

Median 13.5 · 694 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of high schools in Illinois

Median 431 · 708 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Location

Address: 2710 E 89th St, Chicago, IL 60617
Phone: (773)535-7650
City or town: Chicago
County: Cook County

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Noble St Chtr-Baker CampusCharterFree meals for all	9–12	285	15.8	0.0 mi
Chicago Vocational Career Acad HSFree meals for all	9–12	673	13.2	0.8 mi
EPIC Academy High SchoolCharterFree meals for all	9–12	255	11.6	0.8 mi
Camelot Safe Academy SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	6–12	0	—	1.3 mi
YCCS-Sullivan House Alt HSCharterFree meals for all	9–12	281	35.1	1.4 mi
Excel Academy of South ShoreAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	0	—	1.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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