Is Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences a good school?

Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences ranks 331 st of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences?

In the 2022-23 school year, 858 students attended Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences.

What is the racial makeup of Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences?

Students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences are 50% African American, 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Summary:

Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences is a public high school serving 858 students in grades 9-12 in Chicago, Illinois. 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.

Academically, Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences has consistently ranked in the top half of Illinois high schools, with a ranking between 312-640 over the past several years. The school's performance on standardized tests is mixed compared to the district and state averages, with stronger results in science but weaker performance in math and English language arts. The school has a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 82.8% to 97.3%, and a low dropout rate of 0.4% to 2.1% over the past few years.

Compared to nearby schools, Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences generally outperforms other schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299, such as Morgan Park High School and Chicago Excel Academy High School. However, the school's performance is still below that of some other nearby schools, such as Oak Lawn Community High School and Evergreen Park High School, which are in different school districts. The school's performance is particularly strong for certain student subgroups, such as White students and students with disabilities, but relatively weaker for low socioeconomic status students.

Detail:

Public 9-12

3857 W 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655-4009

(773) 535-2500

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
331^st of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,512

Student/teacher ratio: 15.4

Number of students: 858

Racial breakdown:

African American:

50.3%

White:

26.3%

Hispanic:

21.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 51.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences ranks better than 52.5% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 20^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 47.1. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences 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.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences is $23,512, which is the 63^rd highest among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

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SchoolDigger ranks Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences 331^st of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences 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 all students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	34.75	450^th	586	23.2%
2004	59.51	253^rd	592	57.3%
2005	62.78	240^th	590	59.3%
2006	77.69	112^th	596	81.2%
2007	54.90	315^th	612	48.5%
2008	43.62	413^th	624	33.8%
2009	54.25	324^th	632	48.7%
2010	61.24	273^rd	643	57.5%
2011	72.60	188^th	655	71.3%
2012	65.83	224^th	665	66.3%
2013	69.49	211^th	670	68.5%
2014	67.01	220^th	670	67.2%
2015	70.19	145^th	614	76.4%
2016	39.33	401^st	643	37.6%
2017	60.31	242^nd	642	62.3%
2018	62.79	218^th	647	66.3%
2019	47.94	362^nd	701	48.4%
2021	43.83	352^nd	688	48.8%
2022	45.15	385^th	699	44.9%
2023	51.76	312^th	699	55.4%
2024	47.10	331^st	697	52.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	41.06	200^th	473	57.7%
2021	39.08	215^th	453	52.5%
2022	46.70	168^th	493	65.9%
2023	66.58	111^th	476	76.7%
2024	61.16	125^th	482	74.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.97	158^th	585	73.0%
2019	42.09	362^nd	639	43.3%
2021	50.41	248^th	611	59.4%
2022	36.09	412^th	626	34.2%
2023	48.14	311^th	644	51.7%
2024	42.07	340^th	639	46.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.89	248^th	620	60.0%
2019	53.89	293^rd	665	55.9%
2021	47.77	310^th	639	51.5%
2022	45.42	361^st	658	45.1%
2023	49.20	322^nd	656	50.9%
2024	46.06	321^st	664	51.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	66.57	83^rd	428	80.6%
2024	40.15	186^th	429	56.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	66.47	173^rd	619	72.1%
2019	39.31	417^th	675	38.2%
2021	37.59	385^th	653	41.0%
2022	42.56	379^th	664	42.9%
2023	51.78	293^rd	668	56.1%
2024	46.36	322^nd	668	51.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	68.18	50^th	253	80.2%
2019	52.70	103^rd	299	65.6%
2021	48.92	98^th	281	65.1%
2022	50.49	106^th	294	63.9%
2023	53.09	102^nd	301	66.1%
2024	51.79	95^th	299	68.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.32	65^th	291	77.7%
2019	51.17	127^th	317	59.9%
2021	37.57	182^nd	317	42.6%
2022	44.23	175^th	335	47.8%
2023	72.40	60^th	333	82.0%
2024	50.27	132^nd	336	60.7%

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Rank History for White students at Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.81	108^th	548	80.3%
2019	65.47	159^th	552	71.2%
2021	62.77	170^th	553	69.3%
2022	74.02	115^th	560	79.5%
2023	77.81	98^th	557	82.4%
2024	77.33	109^th	554	80.3%

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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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by a parent
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Very poor academics...my daughter was in 9th grade learning how to use commas and what a compound sentence is. Teachers are lazy and dont care. Homecoming week allowed the upperclassmen to throw vegetable oil and eggs at Freshmen. Fist fights all the time. No discipline. Principal doesn't even return calls/emails. So glad we pulled child out of here...it is a dump. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	62	311	1	71	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	445
1990	83	317	2	54	2	n/a	n/a	0	458
1991	83	316	2	48	2	n/a	n/a	0	451
1992	76	321	4	53	1	n/a	n/a	0	455
1993	81	307	0	61	2	n/a	n/a	0	451
1994	84	282	0	69	1	n/a	n/a	0	436
1995	90	293	4	81	1	n/a	n/a	0	469
1996	90	293	4	81	1	n/a	n/a	0	469
1997	99	302	9	73	2	n/a	n/a	0	485
1998	117	338	7	84	3	n/a	n/a	0	549
1999	133	324	8	85	3	n/a	n/a	0	553
2000	140	341	4	76	3	n/a	n/a	0	564
2001	147	336	8	95	5	n/a	n/a	0	591
2002	136	368	4	86	1	n/a	n/a	0	595
2003	136	368	4	86	1	n/a	n/a	0	595
2004	154	360	1	83	0	n/a	n/a	0	598
2005	156	361	2	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	588
2006	177	320	3	72	2	n/a	n/a	18	592
2007	173	323	1	68	0	n/a	n/a	22	587
2008	161	322	6	61	2	n/a	n/a	31	583
2009	177	314	2	64	1	n/a	n/a	0	558
2010	187	304	3	77	1	n/a	n/a	0	572
2011	180	256	3	116	4	1	33	0	593
2012	188	228	3	125	4	1	28	0	577
2013	193	253	3	149	2	1	25	0	626
2014	197	275	3	151	2	0	19	0	647
2015	237	283	1	145	3	1	17	0	687
2016	259	305	1	129	3	1	19	0	717
2017	257	298	2	138	6	2	13	0	716
2018	267	297	2	130	7	2	13	0	718
2019	270	333	2	134	6	1	15	0	761
2020	259	375	2	152	6	4	12	0	810
2021	239	360	1	126	2	3	8	0	739
2022	209	375	3	135	0	2	8	0	732
2023	226	432	4	183	0	3	9	1	858

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 Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	445	37.2	11.9	n/a
1990	458	38.2	11.9	n/a
1991	451	36.4	12.3	n/a
1992	455	35.4	12.8	n/a
1993	451	34.6	13.0	n/a
1994	436	27.4	15.9	n/a
1995	469	29.4	16.0	n/a
1996	469	29.4	16.0	n/a
1997	485	30.4	16.0	n/a
1998	549	32.2	17.0	n/a
1999	553	34.2	16.2	n/a
2000	564	36.4	15.5	n/a
2001	591	35.8	16.5	n/a
2002	595	39.0	15.3	39.3
2003	595	39.0	15.3	39.3
2004	598	39.0	15.3	40.8
2005	588	43.0	13.7	42.7
2006	592	48.0	12.3	46
2007	587	31.0	18.9	42.1
2008	583	35.0	16.7	41.3
2009	558	43.0	13.0	52.3
2010	572	44.0	13.0	62.4
2011	593	40.0	14.8	51.1
2012	577	43.0	13.4	58.9
2013	626	52.4	11.9	49.7
2014	647	44.0	14.7	52.6
2015	687	43.0	15.9	53
2016	717	42.0	17.0	46.2
2017	716	39.8	17.9	45.1
2018	718	40.9	17.5	40.3
2019	761	45.0	16.9	39.8
2020	810	51.0	15.8	43.6
2021	739	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	732	56.0	13.0	50.7
2023	858	55.5	15.4	51.6

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 Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	445	37.2	11.9	n/a
1990	458	38.2	11.9	n/a
1991	451	36.4	12.3	n/a
1992	455	35.4	12.8	n/a
1993	451	34.6	13.0	n/a
1994	436	27.4	15.9	n/a
1995	469	29.4	16.0	n/a
1996	469	29.4	16.0	n/a
1997	485	30.4	16.0	n/a
1998	549	32.2	17.0	n/a
1999	553	34.2	16.2	n/a
2000	564	36.4	15.5	n/a
2001	591	35.8	16.5	n/a
2002	595	39.0	15.3	39.3
2003	595	39.0	15.3	39.3
2004	598	39.0	15.3	40.8
2005	588	43.0	13.7	42.7
2006	592	48.0	12.3	46
2007	587	31.0	18.9	42.1
2008	583	35.0	16.7	41.3
2009	558	43.0	13.0	52.3
2010	572	44.0	13.0	62.4
2011	593	40.0	14.8	51.1
2012	577	43.0	13.4	58.9
2013	626	52.4	11.9	49.7
2014	647	44.0	14.7	52.6
2015	687	43.0	15.9	53
2016	717	42.0	17.0	46.2
2017	716	39.8	17.9	45.1
2018	718	40.9	17.5	40.3
2019	761	45.0	16.9	39.8
2020	810	51.0	15.8	43.6
2021	739	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	732	56.0	13.0	50.7
2023	858	55.5	15.4	51.6

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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