📍 2710 E 89th St, Chicago, Cook County, 60617
Bowen High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 234 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Priscilla Horton. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bowen High School enrolls 234 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 64% male and 36% female. A teaching staff of 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Black or African American, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 177 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 21% |
| White | 5 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
216 of the school's 234 students (92%) 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.
Bowen 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-10, state senate district 13, state house district 26.
Bowen 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 234 students, Bowen High School is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large