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Schurz High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,407 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heidy Moran. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 7% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. The school offers 19 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Schurz High School enrolls 1,407 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 100 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Black or African American and 5.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,151 | 82% |
| Black or African American | 124 | 8.8% |
| White | 75 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 28 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,185 of the school's 1,407 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Schurz High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-50, state senate district 20, state house district 40.
Schurz High School is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,407 students, Schurz High School is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large