List of schools in Chicago Public Schools

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Refimprove Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a large public school district consisting of primary and secondary schools within the city limits of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Schools

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High schools

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Roberto Clemente Community Academy
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Kelvyn Park High School
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Lincoln Park High School
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Wendell Phillips Academy High School
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Whitney M. Young Magnet High School

There are several types of high schools in the district, including neighborhood, career academy, charter, contract, magnet, military academy, selective enrollment, small and special education.[1]

Alternative Learning Options (ALOP)

  • Bridgescape Schools
    • Bridgescape Academy Brainerd
    • Bridgescape Academy Humboldt Park
    • Bridgescape Academy Lawndale
    • Bridgescape Academy Roseland

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Charter

Citywide-Option

Contract

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Magnet

Military academies

Chicago Military Academy, Bronzeville
Chicago Military Academy, Bronzeville

Neighborhood

Selective enrollment

Small

Special education

Elementary/middle schools

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  • Albany Park Multicultural Academy
  • Evergreen Academy Middle School
  • Eugene Field Elementary School
  • Irene C. Hernandez Middle School for the Advancement of Science
  • Francisco I. Madero Middle School
  • Northwest Middle School
  • Robert J. Richardson Middle School
  • James Shields Middle School
  • Wendell E. Green Elementary School

Zoned 3-8

Zoned K-8

Zoned K-8 A
Zoned K-8 B
Zoned K-8 C
Zoned K-8 D
Zoned K-8 E
Zoned K-8 G
Zoned K-8 H
Zoned K-8 J
Zoned K-8 L
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Lenart Regional Gifted Center
Zoned K-8 M
Zoned K-8 N
Zoned K-8 O
  • William B. Ogden
  • Otis World Language Academy - It was established in 1880 as Armour Street School and became James Otis School in 1901. Mildred E. Chuchut served as principal from 1960 to 1962.[2] At some point a petition circulated that stated that she caused damage to the morale there.[3] It became James Otis World Language Academy in 2006.[2]
Zoned K-8 P
Zoned K-8 R
Zoned K-8 S
  • Mark Sheridan Math & Science Academy School website
  • Mark Skinner Elementary School School website
  • Washington D. Smyser Elementary School School website
  • Sidney Sawyer Elementary School School website
  • Harriet E. Sayre Language Academy School website
  • South Loop Elementary School School website
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Dual Language School, formerly Stowe Elementary School, in West Humboldt, Chicago up to the early 1970s had an entirely white student body.[3] In 1966, it had 1,212 students and 38 teachers. On August 10, 1966, Mildred Chucut became principal after being transferred from Jenner School.[4] By the 1970s, the student population included many Latinx. There were accusations of her disrespecting students, with some groups asking for her removal, much like how accusations were made against her when she was principal at Jenner. She denied the accusations and credited them to agitators trying to install a Latinx principal.[3]
  • Elizabeth H. Sutherland Elementary School
Zoned K-8 W
  • Laura S. Ward Elementary School (Humboldt Park)[5]
    • The building was formerly the Martin Ryerson Elementary School. Ryerson School closed in 2013,[6] and Laura Ward, previously in East Garfield Park,[7] was moved to the former Ryerson building, which became the new Ward Elementary building; both school populations merged into one.[6] There were members of the Ryerson community who were afraid that the Ward community would cause violent incidents at their school.[7] Parents of Ryerson did a walkout in protest.[8]

Zoned K-7

Zoned K-6

Zoned K-5

Zoned K-4

Zoned K-3

Zoned K-2

Elementary/middle schools by type

Chicago Public Schools offers a wide variety of choices for elementary school students, including neighborhood, academic centers, charter, classical, contract, international gifted program, magnet, regional gifted center, small and special education.[9]

Academic centers

Academic centers are housed in high schools and provide a college preparatory program for academically gifted and talented seventh and eighth grade students. There are seven academic centers:[10]

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Charter Schools

Classical schools

The instructional program in classical schools is accelerated and highly structured for strong academic achievement in literature, mathematics, language arts, world language, and the humanities. There are seven classical schools:[11]

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International gifted program

Magnet schools

Regional gifted centers

There are eleven regional gifted centers:[12]

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Special schools

Defunct schools

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DuSable High School

Former middle schools

  • Canter Middle School - located at 4959 S Blackstone Ave; voted to be closed in 2013, allowed a 1-year reprieve so 8th graders could graduate. Reused by Chicago Public Schools as Kenwood Academic Center.

Former elementary schools

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The former Crispus Attucks Elementary School, Bronzeville, Chicago
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The former Florence B. Price Elementary School, North Kenwood, Chicago
  • R.S. Abbott Elementary School - located at 3630 S. Wells; opened in 1881 and closed in 2008; the building currently houses Air Force Academy High School
  • John P. Altgeld Elementary School - located at 1340 W 71st St.; closed in 2014. Renamed Daniel S. Wentworth Elementary School after moving to the site of this school.
  • Louis Armstrong Elementary School - located at 5345 W Congress Pkwy; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to Rivers of Living Water Ministries International on April 26, 2017 for $250,000. Slated for use as community center.
  • Crispus Attucks Elementary School (formerly John Farron Elementary School) - located at 5055 S State St; voted to be closed in 2013, phased out in summer 2015. The Board of Education approved a sale to KMIS Developers on May 24, 2017 for $100,000.
    • In 1967 parents demanded the removal of its principal, Mary Jane O'Shea. That year superintendent James F. Redmond transferred her, an action criticized by the Chicago Principals Club.[25]
  • Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School - opened in 1960 and closed in 1979; in 1981 Tabernacle Christian Academy moved into that same building at 1203 W. 109th Place, and is currently in operation.
  • Blair Elementary School - located at 6751 W 63rd Pl; converted into Blair Early Childhood Center.
  • Arna W. Bontemps Elementary School - located at 1241 W 58th St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF on Jun 28, 2017 for $50,000. School slated to become mixed-use workforce housing development with at least 46 affordable units. Gym will be converted to commercial leased space. Outdoor area will become urban farm. Offer contingent on receipt of low-income housing tax credits from city.[26]
  • Kate S. Buckingham School - located at 9207 S. Phillips Ave; voted to be closed in 2013. For sale.
  • Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School - located at 6515 S. Ashland Ave; closed in 2005, after graduating its final 8th graders and was renamed Providence Englewood Center.
  • Daniel H. Burnham School - located at 1903 E 96th St.; voted to be closed in 2013. For sale, main building and annex are being sold separately.
  • Calhoun North Elementary School - located at 2833 W Adams St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to Heartland Housing on May 24, 2017 for $200,000. Slated for use as affordable housing. Use restriction: Must be used as housing. Gym and auditorium must be preserved and made available for community programming and partnerships. Cannot be used as any kind of K-12 school or for commercial, retail or industrial development. Owner must provide and maintain a playground for neighborhood children. Sale price will also include about $360,000 in donation tax credits.[27]
  • Zenos Colman Elementary School - located at 4655 S Dearborn St.; closed in 2005. Converted to the School district's Administration office
  • Cornell Elementary School - located at 7525 S. Maryland Ave, closed in 1975 and demolished in 1980.
  • Dodge Elementary School - Now served as Chicago Public Schools, Garfield Park Office.
  • Ana Roque De Duprey School - located at 2620 W Hirsch St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF Von Humboldt on Jul 22, 2015 for $3,100,000. Main building slated to become mixed-use community for teachers. Annex and adjoining playground to be sold to Puerto Rican Cultural Center for $1 and converted into a day care center.
  • Farragut Elementary School - Became a Junior High School and then a High School which is now known as Farragut Career Academy.
  • Froebel Elementary School - Demolished in 1980 for housing.
  • U.S. Grant Elementary School
  • Hardin Elementary School - closed in 1950s, homes built on that site.
  • Herman Felsenthal Elementary School - Built at a cost of $110,000 in 1901. Initially one of the largest public schools in the city.[28] Demolished in 1983.
  • Henry Horner Elementary School - building converted into residential condos in 2013.
  • Amelia Dunne Hookway Elementary School - closed in 1981 due to underenrollment. A transitional high school for ninth graders, Cecil Partee Academic Preparatory Center was later housed in that same building. Partee was later relocated to Chicago Vocational Career Academy. In 1988, Lenart Regional Gifted Center opened a selective admissions elementary school in that site.
  • George Howland Elementary School - Merged to North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School in 1998.
  • Jefferson Elementary School became STEM Magnet Academy
  • Jirka Elementary School - building converted to Pilsen Community Academy.
  • John V. LeMoyne Elementary School (formerly Theodore Herzi Elementary School) - Merged with Inter-American Magnet School.
  • Lafayette Elementary School - Located at 2714 W. Augusta Boulevard. Became Chicago High School for The Arts in 2015.
  • Langland Elementary School - Located at 2230 W. Cortland Street. This school was demolished in 1960 to make way for Ehrler Park.
  • Longfellow Elementary School - Razed in 1987 to make way for McKinley Branch Library.
  • Mayfair Elementary School - merged with Irish American Heritage Center in 1985.
  • Garrett A. Morgan Elementary School - located at 8407 S. Kerfoot. Closed in 2014.[29]
  • Moseley Elementary School - Demolished in 2009.
  • Nathaniel Pope Elementary School - Closed in 2014 as part of the closure of 54 schools.
  • Florence B. Price Elementary School - Located at 4351 South Drexel Boulevard. Opened in 1964 and closed in 2013, houses a local church.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Raymond Elementary School - reopened as Perspectives/IIT Math & Science Charter Academy.
  • Jacob Riis Elementary School - demolished in 2008.
  • Rosenwald Elementary School - Became Carroll-Rosenwald Specialty School after Carroll moved to this school.
  • Betsy Ross Elementary School - Closed in 2013.
  • Martin Ryerson Elementary School - Closed in 2013, with Ward Elementary School moving into its building and with the Ryerson and Ward populations merged.[6]
  • Thomas Scanlan Elementary School - (Later renamed Songhai Learning Institute) Closed in 2014.
  • Shedd Elementary School - located at South Side, Chicago.
  • Jesse Spalding Elementary School - closed in 2006, merged to Hope Learning Academy.
  • Spry Elementary School - building was converted into the Spry Community School.
  • Stewart Elementary School - closed in 2013 for lofts.
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  • Tennyson Elementary School - closed in 2014.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Elementary School - located at 2622 West Hirsch Ave. At the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, Ana Roque de Duprey School moved its operations to the Von Humboldt building.
  • Willard Elementary School - closed in 1992. homes were built on that site.
  • Richard Wright Elementary School - opened in 1971 and closed in 2004 due to fire[30]
  • Yale Elementary School - closed in 2013.

Former special schools

See also

References

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