State/Public High Open

CICS - Northtown Campus

๐Ÿ“ 3900 W Peterson Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60659

891
Pupils
15.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

CICS - Northtown Campus is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 891 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marivenus Garcia. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 14% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Marivenus Garcia
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

CICS - Northtown Campus enrolls 891 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 59 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.

Male students
474 (53%)
Female students
417 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
59
Student-teacher ratio
15.1:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 16% White and 14% Asian.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino54761%
White14116%
Asian12514%
Black or African American616.8%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander8<1%
Two or more races6<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

679 of the school's 891 students (76%) 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9โ€“12Charter schoolTitle I

CICS - Northtown Campus is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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 8, state house district 15.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

CICS - Northtown Campus 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 891 students, CICS - Northtown Campus is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

14%
Reading proficient
14%
Math proficient
8%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐ŸŽ“ AP courses โญ Gifted program

Setting: City - Large

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