Is Amundsen High School a good school?

Amundsen High School ranks 90 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Amundsen High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,577 students attended Amundsen High School.

What is the racial makeup of Amundsen High School?

Students at Amundsen High School are 43% Hispanic, 36% White, 8% African American, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Amundsen High School?

Amundsen High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Budlong Elementary School Elementary : Chappell Elementary School Elementary : Coonley Elementary School Elementary : McPherson Elementary School Elementary : Waters Elementary School

Amundsen High School

Summary:

Amundsen High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 1,577 students in grades 9-12. It is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating.

Amundsen High School stands out as a relatively high-performing school within the district, ranking in the top 30% of Illinois high schools over the past few years with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school performs particularly well for certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 20% for African American and White students, and the top 25% for Hispanic students and students with disabilities. Amundsen also maintains a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 86.8% to 94.1% over the past five years, which is higher than the district average. Additionally, the school has relatively low dropout rates, ranging from 1.6% to 2.3% over the same period.

However, Amundsen High School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 18.6% in 2019-2020 to 49.7% in 2023-2024, which is a concerning trend. The school outperforms many nearby high schools in the district, such as Uplift Community High School, Roosevelt High School, and Sullivan High School, which have lower academic rankings, graduation rates, and test scores. Amundsen High School also has a relatively high per-student spending of $15,911 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district average.

Detail:

Public 9-12

5110 N Damen Ave
Chicago, IL 60625-1317

(773) 534-2320

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
90^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,988

Feeder schools for Amundsen High School:

Elementary:	Budlong Elementary School
	Chappell Elementary School
	Coonley Elementary School
	McPherson Elementary School
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	Waters Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.1

Number of students: 1,577

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

43.2%

White:

36.2%

African American:

7.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 49.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Amundsen High School ranks better than 87.1% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 10^th among 145 ranked high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.74. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Amundsen High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Amundsen High School has the largest high school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Amundsen High School is $16,988. 120 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Amundsen High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Amundsen High School 90^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Amundsen High School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Amundsen High School

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Rank History for all students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	4.82	542^nd	586	7.5%
2004	4.21	545^th	592	7.9%
2005	4.04	540^th	590	8.5%
2006	4.84	552^nd	596	7.4%
2007	6.45	557^th	612	9.0%
2008	8.61	553^rd	624	11.4%
2009	9.53	561^st	632	11.2%
2010	5.47	581^st	643	9.6%
2011	9.38	569^th	655	13.1%
2012	11.88	573^rd	665	13.8%
2013	11.45	577^th	670	13.9%
2014	16.18	561^st	670	16.3%
2015	28.65	449^th	614	26.9%
2016	47.88	303^rd	643	52.9%
2017	27.51	488^th	642	24.0%
2018	46.30	348^th	647	46.2%
2019	47.71	366^th	701	47.8%
2021	54.93	262^nd	688	61.9%
2022	71.11	164^th	699	76.5%
2023	65.43	200^th	699	71.4%
2024	84.74	90^th	697	87.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	35.85	106^th	170	37.6%
2023	40.28	94^th	163	42.3%
2024	80.07	38^th	182	79.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	51.77	38^th	151	74.8%
2019	54.70	40^th	183	78.1%
2021	44.40	71^st	189	62.4%
2022	32.16	148^th	205	27.8%
2023	50.55	73^rd	217	66.4%
2024	28.56	158^th	248	36.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	74.04	52^nd	374	86.1%
2019	41.00	203^rd	473	57.1%
2021	40.30	203^rd	453	55.2%
2022	56.62	114^th	493	76.9%
2023	64.72	117^th	476	75.4%
2024	95.79	34^th	482	92.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.81	127^th	585	78.3%
2019	62.25	181^st	639	71.7%
2021	53.88	217^th	611	64.5%
2022	72.60	109^th	626	82.6%
2023	76.55	88^th	644	86.3%
2024	79.64	83^rd	639	87.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.67	401^st	620	35.3%
2019	42.55	384^th	665	42.3%
2021	42.31	345^th	639	46.0%
2022	73.10	146^th	658	77.8%
2023	58.00	249^th	656	62.0%
2024	87.65	78^th	664	88.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	46.94	175^th	428	59.1%
2024	70.50	77^th	429	82.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.78	278^th	619	55.1%
2019	51.21	306^th	675	54.7%
2021	63.07	197^th	653	69.8%
2022	67.20	176^th	664	73.5%
2023	68.70	162^nd	668	75.7%
2024	79.02	110^th	668	83.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.09	121^st	132	8.3%
2019	11.33	115^th	130	11.5%
2021	6.92	125^th	135	7.4%
2022	48.41	80^th	141	43.3%
2023	14.12	123^rd	134	8.2%
2024	7.13	127^th	137	7.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.80	53^rd	253	79.1%
2019	77.13	39^th	299	87.0%
2021	56.32	79^th	281	71.9%
2022	75.09	41^st	294	86.1%
2023	92.77	21^st	301	93.0%
2024	67.92	54^th	299	81.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.46	115^th	291	60.5%
2019	49.03	137^th	317	56.8%
2021	41.36	158^th	317	50.2%
2022	61.87	93^rd	335	72.2%
2023	53.81	121^st	333	63.7%
2024	65.24	78^th	336	76.8%

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Rank History for White students at Amundsen High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.30	236^th	548	56.9%
2019	56.72	195^th	552	64.7%
2021	90.53	58^th	553	89.5%
2022	86.48	61^st	560	89.1%
2023	70.09	142^nd	557	74.5%
2024	94.90	35^th	554	93.7%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Amundsen High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	617	171	238	649	19	n/a	n/a	0	1694
1989	540	152	286	706	20	n/a	n/a	0	1704
1990	492	165	228	734	7	n/a	n/a	0	1626
1991	404	167	211	668	11	n/a	n/a	0	1461
1992	470	182	193	716	15	n/a	n/a	0	1576
1993	469	258	182	771	17	n/a	n/a	0	1697
1994	421	230	197	737	17	n/a	n/a	0	1602
1995	476	209	212	827	5	n/a	n/a	0	1729
1996	476	209	212	827	5	n/a	n/a	0	1729
1997	424	223	184	870	11	n/a	n/a	0	1712
1998	468	190	216	862	12	n/a	n/a	0	1748
1999	495	160	218	927	4	n/a	n/a	0	1804
2000	483	149	201	871	0	n/a	n/a	0	1704
2001	506	142	184	754	2	n/a	n/a	0	1588
2002	410	182	183	728	11	n/a	n/a	0	1514
2003	410	182	183	728	11	n/a	n/a	0	1514
2004	371	231	168	760	7	n/a	n/a	0	1537
2005	288	230	193	802	16	n/a	n/a	0	1529
2006	271	214	189	805	2	n/a	n/a	19	1500
2007	263	208	182	801	2	n/a	n/a	37	1493
2008	219	249	175	910	5	n/a	n/a	53	1611
2009	211	262	177	966	3	n/a	n/a	0	1619
2010	182	242	167	1055	3	n/a	n/a	0	1649
2011	139	200	160	1113	8	1	26	0	1647
2012	144	176	189	999	4	1	20	0	1533
2013	136	144	189	901	5	2	13	0	1390
2014	124	134	189	765	5	5	11	0	1233
2015	115	129	173	666	9	5	19	0	1116
2016	125	125	174	678	1	5	21	0	1129
2017	130	145	175	686	1	8	21	0	1166
2018	151	145	168	726	3	9	25	0	1227
2019	208	145	147	756	4	7	22	0	1289
2020	293	140	133	765	8	5	38	0	1382
2021	392	113	126	791	8	4	55	0	1489
2022	483	121	108	739	5	4	64	0	1524
2023	571	124	113	681	6	4	78	0	1577

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Amundsen High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1694	89.2	18.9	n/a
1989	1704	89.2	19.1	n/a
1990	1626	91.6	17.7	n/a
1991	1461	77.6	18.8	n/a
1992	1576	88.0	17.9	n/a
1993	1697	94.4	18.0	n/a
1994	1602	73.8	21.7	n/a
1995	1729	82.6	20.9	n/a
1996	1729	82.6	20.9	n/a
1997	1712	87.6	19.5	n/a
1998	1748	90.6	19.3	n/a
1999	1804	97.8	18.4	n/a
2000	1704	89.4	19.1	n/a
2001	1588	92.4	17.2	n/a
2002	1514	95.0	15.9	79.9
2003	1514	95.0	15.9	79.9
2004	1537	93.5	16.4	90.4
2005	1529	106.4	14.4	81.2
2006	1500	111.8	13.4	84.6
2007	1493	85.0	17.6	87.8
2008	1611	91.0	17.7	82.3
2009	1619	95.5	17.0	78.3
2010	1649	95.0	17.3	80.4
2011	1647	98.0	16.8	80.5
2012	1533	94.0	16.3	89.2
2013	1390	96.9	14.3	93.4
2014	1233	85.0	14.5	92.4
2015	1116	73.0	15.2	93.5
2016	1129	66.0	17.1	89.7
2017	1166	62.8	18.5	86.1
2018	1227	64.7	18.9	83.4
2019	1289	87.0	14.8	75.3
2020	1382	90.5	15.2	69.2
2021	1489	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1524	101.5	15.0	44.7
2023	1577	97.5	16.1	49.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Amundsen High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1694	89.2	18.9	n/a
1989	1704	89.2	19.1	n/a
1990	1626	91.6	17.7	n/a
1991	1461	77.6	18.8	n/a
1992	1576	88.0	17.9	n/a
1993	1697	94.4	18.0	n/a
1994	1602	73.8	21.7	n/a
1995	1729	82.6	20.9	n/a
1996	1729	82.6	20.9	n/a
1997	1712	87.6	19.5	n/a
1998	1748	90.6	19.3	n/a
1999	1804	97.8	18.4	n/a
2000	1704	89.4	19.1	n/a
2001	1588	92.4	17.2	n/a
2002	1514	95.0	15.9	79.9
2003	1514	95.0	15.9	79.9
2004	1537	93.5	16.4	90.4
2005	1529	106.4	14.4	81.2
2006	1500	111.8	13.4	84.6
2007	1493	85.0	17.6	87.8
2008	1611	91.0	17.7	82.3
2009	1619	95.5	17.0	78.3
2010	1649	95.0	17.3	80.4
2011	1647	98.0	16.8	80.5
2012	1533	94.0	16.3	89.2
2013	1390	96.9	14.3	93.4
2014	1233	85.0	14.5	92.4
2015	1116	73.0	15.2	93.5
2016	1129	66.0	17.1	89.7
2017	1166	62.8	18.5	86.1
2018	1227	64.7	18.9	83.4
2019	1289	87.0	14.8	75.3
2020	1382	90.5	15.2	69.2
2021	1489	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1524	101.5	15.0	44.7
2023	1577	97.5	16.1	49.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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