Intrinsic 2 Charter High School

Intrinsic 2 Charter High School is the sole school in the Intrinsic 2 Charter High School District, which serves grades 9-12 in Chicago, Illinois. With a total enrollment of 628 students, the school faces significant challenges in academic achievement, student engagement, and socioeconomic factors.

Despite a slightly above-average four-year graduation rate of 93.8% and a lower-than-average dropout rate of 1.9%, Intrinsic 2 Charter High School struggles with consistently low test scores, with proficiency rates well below the state averages in all subject areas and grade levels. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 44.2% is also extremely high, indicating that a significant portion of the student population is missing a substantial amount of instructional time.

The school serves a population with significant economic disadvantages, as evidenced by the high percentage (98.57%) of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the school's low academic performance, it spends a relatively high amount per student ($21,286) and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio (12.4), raising questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation and the need for a comprehensive, data-driven approach to address the root causes of the school's challenges.