Is Schurz High School a good school?

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

How many students attend Schurz High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,344 students attended Schurz High School.

What is the racial makeup of Schurz High School?

Students at Schurz High School are 81% Hispanic, 9% African American, 6% White, 2% Asian.

What schools feed into Schurz High School?

Schurz High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Avondale - Logandale Elementary School Elementary : Belding Elementary School Elementary : Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy Elementary : Cleveland Elementary School Elementary : Garcia Lorca Elementary School Elementary : Gray Elementary School Elementary : Linne Elementary School Elementary : Murphy Elementary School Elementary : Portage Park Elementary School Elementary : Reilly Elementary School Elementary : Reinberg Elementary School Elementary : Scammon Elementary School

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:
553^rd of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,706

Feeder schools for Schurz High School:

Elementary:	Avondale - Logandale Elementary School
	Belding Elementary School
	Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy
	Cleveland Elementary School
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	Garcia Lorca Elementary School
	Gray Elementary School
	Linne Elementary School
	Murphy Elementary School
	Portage Park Elementary School
	Reilly Elementary School
	Reinberg Elementary School
	Scammon Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.3

Number of students: 1,344

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

81.5%

African American:

8.9%

White:

6.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 88.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Schurz High School ranks worse than 79.3% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 48^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 19.9. (See more...)

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.

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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (81.5%), African American (8.9%), White (6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 88.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Schurz High School is 13.3, which is the 59^th best among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Schurz High School employs 101 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Schurz High School is $21,706, which is the 80^th highest among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Schurz High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Schurz High School 553^rd 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 299 688^th 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
2003	2.34	553^rd	586	5.6%
2004	1.87	563^rd	592	4.9%
2005	3.23	549^th	590	6.9%
2006	4.15	558^th	596	6.4%
2007	4.56	567^th	612	7.4%
2008	4.47	574^th	624	8.0%
2009	3.50	588^th	632	7.0%
2010	3.47	601^st	643	6.5%
2011	6.56	589^th	655	10.1%
2012	4.57	614^th	665	7.7%
2013	4.61	619^th	670	7.6%
2014	6.11	611^th	670	8.8%
2015	15.92	543^rd	614	11.6%
2016	12.45	594^th	643	7.6%
2017	9.82	585^th	642	8.9%
2018	11.41	582^nd	647	10.0%
2019	15.83	591^st	701	15.7%
2021	15.06	589^th	688	14.4%
2022	14.91	596^th	699	14.7%
2023	20.43	564^th	699	19.3%
2024	19.90	553^rd	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
2018	28.93	121^st	151	19.9%
2019	29.57	141^st	183	23.0%
2021	32.79	86^th	189	54.5%
2022	24.68	189^th	205	7.8%
2023	36.08	131^st	217	39.6%
2024	33.59	139^th	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
2018	30.30	245^th	374	34.5%
2019	31.62	304^th	473	35.7%
2021	32.77	256^th	453	43.5%
2022	34.30	274^th	493	44.4%
2023	31.37	285^th	476	40.1%
2024	27.57	321^st	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
2018	18.95	508^th	585	13.2%
2019	25.07	503^rd	639	21.3%
2021	24.64	482^nd	611	21.1%
2022	23.09	505^th	626	19.3%
2023	31.02	467^th	644	27.5%
2024	30.18	439^th	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
2019	44.80	40^th	91	56.0%
2022	57.48	23^rd	98	76.5%
2023	28.07	55^th	104	47.1%
2024	85.24	13^th	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
2018	10.40	564^th	620	9.0%
2019	14.52	560^th	665	15.8%
2021	14.36	549^th	639	14.1%
2022	14.08	559^th	658	15.0%
2023	16.84	549^th	656	16.3%
2024	17.51	543^rd	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	247^th	428	42.3%
2024	27.00	261^st	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
2018	12.69	546^th	619	11.8%
2019	17.52	564^th	675	16.4%
2021	15.98	548^th	653	16.1%
2022	15.87	569^th	664	14.3%
2023	24.23	518^th	668	22.5%
2024	22.27	512^th	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	138^th	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
2018	20.75	235^th	253	7.1%
2019	31.98	188^th	299	37.1%
2021	23.07	241^st	281	14.2%
2022	33.52	176^th	294	40.1%
2023	29.42	212^th	301	29.6%
2024	52.81	88^th	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
2018	15.97	263^rd	291	9.6%
2019	19.98	267^th	317	15.8%
2021	20.03	275^th	317	13.2%
2022	17.67	296^th	335	11.6%
2023	26.65	255^th	333	23.4%
2024	22.25	273^rd	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
2018	11.42	518^th	548	5.5%
2019	7.43	543^rd	552	1.6%
2021	12.91	512^th	553	7.4%
2022	26.91	429^th	560	23.4%
2023	23.17	462^nd	557	17.1%
2024	20.61	450^th	554	18.8%

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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 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
2024	80	119	22	1095	12	3	13	0	1344

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
2024	1344	101.0	13.3	88.6

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
2024	1344	101.0	13.3	88.6

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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