Schurz High School

Summary:

Schurz High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 1,407 students in grades 9-12. The school 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 from SchoolDigger. Schurz High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with a ranking between 543 and 657 over the past several years, and has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Schurz High School's academic performance is significantly below the state and district averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 6.2% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to 18.6% in the district and 26.1% statewide. Similarly, only 9.4% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts, compared to 22.4% in the district and 31.1% statewide. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 70.0% to 76.9% over the past several years, which is significantly lower than the state and district averages. Additionally, Schurz High School has had a dropout rate ranging from 3.9% to 6.3% and a chronic absenteeism rate ranging from 35.1% to 74.5%, both of which are higher than the state and district averages.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Roosevelt High School, Intrinsic Charter High School, and Disney II Magnet High School, Schurz High School's performance is generally lower. These nearby schools have higher academic performance, graduation rates, and lower dropout and chronic absenteeism rates. While Schurz High School has a relatively high per-student spending of $19,150 in the 2022-2023 school year, this higher spending does not appear to have translated into improved academic outcomes for the school.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3601 N Milwaukee Ave
       Chicago, IL  60641-3033


(773) 534-3420

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
553rd of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,706 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  1,407

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
81.8%
African American:
8.8%
White:
5.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Schurz High School ranks worse than 79.3% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 48th among 145 ranked high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.9. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Schurz High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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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
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Compare Details Schurz High School has the largest high school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Schurz High School is $21,706. 79 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Schurz High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Schurz High School 553rd of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Schurz High School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

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


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Rank History for Schurz High School

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Rank History for all students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 2.34 553rd 586 5.6%
2004 1.87 563rd 592 4.9%
2005 3.23 549th 590 6.9%
2006 4.15 558th 596 6.4%
2007 4.56 567th 612 7.4%
2008 4.47 574th 624 8.0%
2009 3.50 588th 632 7.0%
2010 3.47 601st 643 6.5%
2011 6.56 589th 655 10.1%
2012 4.57 614th 665 7.7%
2013 4.61 619th 670 7.6%
2014 6.11 611th 670 8.8%
2015 15.92 543rd 614 11.6%
2016 12.45 594th 643 7.6%
2017 9.82 585th 642 8.9%
2018 11.41 582nd 647 10.0%
2019 15.83 591st 701 15.7%
2021 15.06 589th 688 14.4%
2022 14.91 596th 699 14.7%
2023 20.43 564th 699 19.3%
2024 19.90 553rd 697 20.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.93 121st 151 19.9%
2019 29.57 141st 183 23.0%
2021 32.79 86th 189 54.5%
2022 24.68 189th 205 7.8%
2023 36.08 131st 217 39.6%
2024 33.59 139th 248 44.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.30 245th 374 34.5%
2019 31.62 304th 473 35.7%
2021 32.77 256th 453 43.5%
2022 34.30 274th 493 44.4%
2023 31.37 285th 476 40.1%
2024 27.57 321st 482 33.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.95 508th 585 13.2%
2019 25.07 503rd 639 21.3%
2021 24.64 482nd 611 21.1%
2022 23.09 505th 626 19.3%
2023 31.02 467th 644 27.5%
2024 30.18 439th 639 31.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 44.80 40th 91 56.0%
2022 57.48 23rd 98 76.5%
2023 28.07 55th 104 47.1%
2024 85.24 13th 125 89.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.40 564th 620 9.0%
2019 14.52 560th 665 15.8%
2021 14.36 549th 639 14.1%
2022 14.08 559th 658 15.0%
2023 16.84 549th 656 16.3%
2024 17.51 543rd 664 18.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.55 247th 428 42.3%
2024 27.00 261st 429 39.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.69 546th 619 11.8%
2019 17.52 564th 675 16.4%
2021 15.98 548th 653 16.1%
2022 15.87 569th 664 14.3%
2023 24.23 518th 668 22.5%
2024 22.27 512th 668 23.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 1.91 138th 141 2.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.75 235th 253 7.1%
2019 31.98 188th 299 37.1%
2021 23.07 241st 281 14.2%
2022 33.52 176th 294 40.1%
2023 29.42 212th 301 29.6%
2024 52.81 88th 299 70.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.97 263rd 291 9.6%
2019 19.98 267th 317 15.8%
2021 20.03 275th 317 13.2%
2022 17.67 296th 335 11.6%
2023 26.65 255th 333 23.4%
2024 22.25 273rd 336 18.8%
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Rank History for White students at Schurz High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.42 518th 548 5.5%
2019 7.43 543rd 552 1.6%
2021 12.91 512th 553 7.4%
2022 26.91 429th 560 23.4%
2023 23.17 462nd 557 17.1%
2024 20.61 450th 554 18.8%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Schurz High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 877 597 89 1840 15 n/a n/a 0 3418
1989 750 568 100 1708 9 n/a n/a 0 3135
1990 646 508 87 1686 3 n/a n/a 0 2930
1991 589 460 95 1753 4 n/a n/a 0 2901
1992 556 484 61 2006 5 n/a n/a 0 3112
1993 566 506 61 2092 6 n/a n/a 0 3231
1994 578 440 72 2196 9 n/a n/a 0 3295
1995 473 453 68 2157 4 n/a n/a 0 3155
1996 473 453 68 2157 4 n/a n/a 0 3155
1997 422 352 66 2071 7 n/a n/a 0 2918
1998 378 271 59 1965 8 n/a n/a 0 2681
1999 346 225 64 1901 16 n/a n/a 0 2552
2000 335 203 49 1908 5 n/a n/a 0 2500
2001 314 195 56 1941 1 n/a n/a 0 2507
2002 275 167 51 2095 12 n/a n/a 0 2600
2003 275 167 51 2095 12 n/a n/a 0 2600
2004 277 171 54 2061 14 n/a n/a 0 2577
2005 229 153 39 2083 6 n/a n/a 0 2510
2006 215 128 49 1962 5 n/a n/a 58 2417
2007 204 124 53 1850 6 n/a n/a 41 2278
2008 160 111 42 1651 13 n/a n/a 57 2034
2009 240 176 58 1875 12 n/a n/a 0 2361
2010 183 174 50 1777 8 n/a n/a 2 2194
2011 159 191 29 1808 10 6 30 0 2233
2012 152 216 26 1885 11 5 44 0 2339
2013 138 199 26 1919 14 4 56 0 2356
2014 128 218 25 1918 14 2 54 0 2359
2015 124 213 35 1872 11 3 25 0 2283
2016 115 187 28 1608 11 2 23 0 1974
2017 105 201 27 1429 9 5 18 0 1794
2018 93 177 23 1432 7 3 16 0 1751
2019 86 159 23 1316 6 5 13 0 1608
2020 84 135 28 1257 5 7 17 0 1533
2021 115 139 31 1411 8 6 22 0 1732
2022 102 125 26 1273 10 7 22 0 1565
2023 75 124 28 1151 9 4 16 0 1407

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 Schurz High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 3418 169.4 20.1 n/a
1989 3135 169.4 18.5 n/a
1990 2930 164.4 17.8 n/a
1991 2901 160.4 18.0 n/a
1992 3112 165.6 18.7 n/a
1993 3231 181.0 17.9 n/a
1994 3295 161.4 20.4 n/a
1995 3155 159.0 19.8 n/a
1996 3155 159.0 19.8 n/a
1997 2918 154.0 18.9 n/a
1998 2681 144.6 18.5 n/a
1999 2552 138.6 18.4 n/a
2000 2500 135.2 18.5 n/a
2001 2507 147.2 17.0 n/a
2002 2600 155.0 16.8 88.5
2003 2600 155.0 16.8 88.5
2004 2577 141.5 18.2 89
2005 2510 164.6 15.2 87.2
2006 2417 165.7 14.6 80.6
2007 2278 110.0 20.7 79.9
2008 2034 115.0 17.7 93.4
2009 2361 128.0 18.4 80.4
2010 2194 134.0 16.3 89.5
2011 2233 136.0 16.4 93.4
2012 2339 138.0 16.9 92.9
2013 2356 168.8 13.9 92.2
2014 2359 157.0 15.0 95
2015 2283 143.0 15.9 94
2016 1974 133.0 14.8 91.8
2017 1794 110.3 16.2 92.5
2018 1751 102.3 17.1 92.1
2019 1608 110.5 14.5 88.6
2020 1533 106.5 14.3 89.9
2021 1732 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1565 102.0 15.3 84.4
2023 1407 100.0 14.0 84.2

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 Schurz High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 3418 169.4 20.1 n/a
1989 3135 169.4 18.5 n/a
1990 2930 164.4 17.8 n/a
1991 2901 160.4 18.0 n/a
1992 3112 165.6 18.7 n/a
1993 3231 181.0 17.9 n/a
1994 3295 161.4 20.4 n/a
1995 3155 159.0 19.8 n/a
1996 3155 159.0 19.8 n/a
1997 2918 154.0 18.9 n/a
1998 2681 144.6 18.5 n/a
1999 2552 138.6 18.4 n/a
2000 2500 135.2 18.5 n/a
2001 2507 147.2 17.0 n/a
2002 2600 155.0 16.8 88.5
2003 2600 155.0 16.8 88.5
2004 2577 141.5 18.2 89
2005 2510 164.6 15.2 87.2
2006 2417 165.7 14.6 80.6
2007 2278 110.0 20.7 79.9
2008 2034 115.0 17.7 93.4
2009 2361 128.0 18.4 80.4
2010 2194 134.0 16.3 89.5
2011 2233 136.0 16.4 93.4
2012 2339 138.0 16.9 92.9
2013 2356 168.8 13.9 92.2
2014 2359 157.0 15.0 95
2015 2283 143.0 15.9 94
2016 1974 133.0 14.8 91.8
2017 1794 110.3 16.2 92.5
2018 1751 102.3 17.1 92.1
2019 1608 110.5 14.5 88.6
2020 1533 106.5 14.3 89.9
2021 1732 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1565 102.0 15.3 84.4
2023 1407 100.0 14.0 84.2

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.

Immunization Rates

Schurz High School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201599.0%99.1%99.1%99.0%98.4%95.8%97.7%
201698.7%99.1%99.0%99.0%98.6%95.6%20.8%
201797.7%97.5%97.1%97.1%97.2%92.2%96.5%13.7%
201897.9%98.1%98.1%98.1%97.6%97.3%97.6%21.5%
201997.8%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.3%98.0%98.1%38.2%
202491.5%94.1%94.1%94.1%93.1%93.0%92.8%86.7%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Schurz High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,286 (9.9%) $11,744 (90.1%) $13,030
2020 $1,241 (8.8%) $12,819 (91.2%) $14,060
2021 $2,540 (17.7%) $11,787 (82.3%) $14,327
2022 $2,540 (17.7%) $11,787 (82.3%) $14,327
2023 $3,686 (19.2%) $15,464 (80.8%) $19,150
2024 $3,830 (17.6%) $17,877 (82.4%) $21,706

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Schurz High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 591st of 701 High schoolsRanks 564th of 699 High schools
 3.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Schurz High School)10.74.2
 6.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.719.1
 7.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)34.826.7
 8.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Schurz High School)12.97.8
 5.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.322.3
 4%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.731.6
 5.1%
End of Course Science (Schurz High School)5.432.9
 27.5%
   End of Course Science (Chicago Public Schools District 299)19.931.1
 11.2%
   End of Course Science (Illinois)36.452.2
 15.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students16081407
 12.5%
African American159124
 22%
American Indian69
 50%
Asian2328
 21.7%
Hispanic13161151
 12.5%
Pacific Islander54
 20%
White8675
 12.8%
Two or More Races1316
 23.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients88.6%84.2%
 4.3%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,407 students attended Schurz High School.

Students at Schurz High School are 82% Hispanic, 9% African American, 5% White, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

Schurz High School ranks in the bottom 20.7% of Illinois high schools.


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