High · Illinois

Intrinsic Charter High School

CharterFree meals for all

Intrinsic Charter High School, a public high school in Chicago, Illinois: grades 7–12, 993 students, 12.6 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: 993
Teachers (FTE): 78.5
Students per teacher: 12.6
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of high schools in Illinois

Median 13.5 · 694 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 69% of high schools in Illinois

Median 431 · 708 schools compared

Larger than 74% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

43%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 55% of high schools in Illinois

Median 44% · 29 high schools compared

292 students tested, grades 7, 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Illinois: 39%

17%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 63% of high schools in Illinois

Median 19% · 40 high schools compared

289 students tested, grades 7, 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: Charter 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: 4540 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Phone: (708)887-2735
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	Reading	Math
Schurz High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,244	13.5	—	—	0.6 mi
Foreman High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	650	13.5	—	—	0.7 mi
YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt HSCharterFree meals for all	9–12	200	18.2	—	—	0.7 mi
ASPIRA Charter - Early College PrCharterFree meals for all	9–12	285	13.6	—	—	0.7 mi
Kelvyn Park High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	577	14.0	9.0%	2.3%	0.9 mi
Aspira Charter - Bus and FinCharterFree meals for all	9–12	426	12.5	—	—	1.2 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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