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-87.6682</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">School type</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_school_(government_funded)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (government funded)">Public</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">Secondary</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>"Raiders on the RISE!"</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1935</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">School district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_Schools" title="Chicago Public Schools">Chicago Public Schools</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/College_Board#CEEB_code" title="College Board">CEEB code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">140790<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal</th><td class="infobox-data">Brad L. Rossi<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grades</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ninth_grade" title="Ninth grade">9</a>–<a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">12</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coeducational" class="mw-redirect" title="Coeducational">Coed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Enrollment</th><td class="infobox-data">445 (2023–2024)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Campus type</th><td class="infobox-data">Urban</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Color(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#002366; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> Royal Blue<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> Silver</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletics conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_High_School_League" title="Chicago Public High School League">Chicago Public League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team name</th><td class="infobox-data">Raiders</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Accreditation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="North Central Association of Colleges and Schools">North Central Association of Colleges and Schools</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Yearbook</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Correlator</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wellshs.cps.edu/">wellshs<wbr />.cps<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William H. Wells Community Academy High School</b> is <a href="/wiki/State_school" title="State school">public</a> four-year high school located in the <a href="/wiki/West_Town,_Chicago" title="West Town, Chicago">West Town</a> neighborhood on the <a href="/wiki/West_Side,_Chicago" title="West Side, Chicago">Near Northwest Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Illinois, United States. Wells is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_Schools" title="Chicago Public Schools">Chicago Public Schools</a> system. Wells serves grades <a href="/wiki/Ninth_grade" title="Ninth grade">9</a> through <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">12</a>. Wells is named after former <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_Chicago_Public_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools">superintendent of Chicago Public Schools</a> <a href="/wiki/William_H._Wells_(educator)" title="William H. Wells (educator)">William H. Wells</a>. </p><p>Currently, Wells serves a large section of the inner and central areas of Chicago, with its attendance boundaries reaching as far north as Webster Avenue, as far south as 16th Street, as far east as Lake Michigan, and as far west as Sacramento Boulevard. This area includes sections of <a href="/wiki/West_Town,_Chicago" title="West Town, Chicago">West Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logan_Square,_Chicago#Bucktown" title="Logan Square, Chicago">Bucktown</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Loop" title="Chicago Loop">Chicago Loop</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Near_North_Side,_Chicago" title="Near North Side, Chicago">Near North Side</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Near_West_Side,_Chicago" title="Near West Side, Chicago">Near West Side</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wells Community Academy High School is rated a 1 out of 10 by <a href="/wiki/GreatSchools" title="GreatSchools">GreatSchools.org</a>, a national school quality information site.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school's themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wells was established in <a href="/wiki/William_Harvey_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="William Harvey Wells">William Harvey Wells</a>'s honor approximately a year after his death in 1886. The current building opened in 1935 on the site of the original school with extra ground at the north. Originally, the city of Chicago planned for Wells to open as a junior high school in 1930; construction of the school was delayed.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wells enrollment was predominately white from its opening until the late 1960s. By 1972, most of the schools' population was considered low-income and majority of the African-American population were residents of the <a href="/wiki/Cabrini-Green_Homes" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabrini-Green Homes">Cabrini-Green Homes</a> public housing project. The school demographic was 71% Hispanic and 20% African-American by 1982. In 2005, Wells served as a receiving school for students zoned to <a href="/wiki/Austin_High_School_(Chicago)" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin High School (Chicago)">Austin High School</a> when the school board decided to phase out Austin.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wells_Fight_Song">Wells Fight Song</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Wells Fight Song"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wells High, we raise our voice to thee. Wells High, you have our loyalty, fighting and always striving, to bring to you a victory. So we'll say... Wells High, to you we pledge our hearts, to you we will be true. Fight on and keep our colors flying, silver and royal blue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographics">Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the 2023–2024 school year, 53.9% of Wells's student body is Hispanic, 34.8% is African-American, 9.7% White, 0.4% Asian, and 1.1% Other. Low-income students make up 76% of Wells's student body.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wells has a 73% graduation rate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Small_schools">Small schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Small schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wells includes 3 Smaller Learning Communities: </p> <ul><li>Law & Public Safety Academy (LPSA)</li> <li>Fine Arts Academy</li> <li>Gaming Academy</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_Information">Other Information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other Information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principal">Principal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Principal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2013, Rituparna Raichoudhuri was named as principal of the school, succeeding Ernesto Matias. Raichoudhuri served as resident principal during the 2012–13 school year, and previously served in the office of performance management at Chicago Public Schools, and as a teacher in California.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wells competes in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Public League">Chicago Public League</a> (CPL) and is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_High_School_Association" title="Illinois High School Association">Illinois High School Association</a> (IHSA). Wells sports teams are nicknamed raiders. The boys' <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> team won the public league championship in 1936–37. The boys' soccer team were regional champions in 2008–09, and the girls' team were regional champions in 2011–12.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extra-curricular_activities">Extra-curricular activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Extra-curricular activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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title="Jenner Academy">Jenner</a>, Lozano, Mitchell, <a href="/wiki/Ogden_International_School" title="Ogden International School">Ogden K-8</a>, Otis, Peabody, Pritzker, and Talcott.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a> – <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a>/<a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a> singer, songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Butler_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Butler (singer)">Jerry Butler</a> – singer, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rooker" title="Michael Rooker">Michael Rooker</a> – Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_Lewis" title="Ramsey Lewis">Ramsey Lewis</a> – Musician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wells_Community_Academy_High_School&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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College Prep">King College Prep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northside_College_Preparatory_High_School" title="Northside College Preparatory High School">Northside College Prep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_College_Preparatory_High_School" title="Walter Payton College Preparatory High School">Payton College Prep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosser_Career_Academy" title="Prosser Career Academy">Prosser Career Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Raby_School_for_Community_and_Environment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al Raby School for Community and Environment (page does not exist)">Raby School for Community and Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Career_Academy" title="Simeon Career Academy">Simeon Career Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shore_High_School_(Chicago)" title="South Shore High School (Chicago)">South Shore Int'l College Preparatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uplift_Community_High_School" title="Uplift Community High School">Uplift Community High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Von_Steuben_Metropolitan_High_School" title="Von Steuben Metropolitan High School">Von Steuben Metro Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Westinghouse_College_Prep" title="George Westinghouse College Prep">Westinghouse College Prep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_M._Young_Magnet_High_School" title="Whitney M. Young Magnet High School">Young Magnet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contract high schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Excel_Academy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chicago Excel Academy (page does not exist)">Chicago Excel Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_High_School_for_the_Arts" title="Chicago High School for the Arts">Chicago High School for the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Technology_Academy" title="Chicago Technology Academy">Chicago Technology Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Charter high schools<br />affiliated with CPS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_International_Charter_School" title="Chicago International Charter School">Chicago International Charter School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Math_and_Science_Academy" title="Chicago Math and Science Academy">Chicago Math and Science Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CICS_Northtown_Academy" title="CICS Northtown Academy">CICS Northtown Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_Network_of_Charter_Schools" title="Noble Network of Charter Schools">Noble Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perspectives_Charter_Schools" title="Perspectives Charter Schools">Perspectives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_Prep_Academies" title="Urban Prep Academies">Urban Prep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Women%27s_Leadership_Charter_School_of_Chicago" title="Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago">Young Women's Leadership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youth_Connection_Charter_School" title="Youth Connection Charter School">Youth Connection</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latino_Youth_High_School" title="Latino Youth High School">Latino Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Town_Academy" title="West Town Academy">West Town Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military academies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Academy_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Force Academy High School (page does not exist)">Air Force Academy High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver_Military_Academy" title="Carver Military Academy">Carver Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Military_Academy" title="Chicago Military Academy">Chicago Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marine_Leadership_Academy_at_Ames&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marine Leadership Academy at Ames (page does not exist)">Marine Leadership Academy at Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Military_Academy" title="Phoenix Military Academy">Phoenix Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickover_Naval_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Rickover Naval Academy">Rickover Naval Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attendance area<br />K–8/PK–8 schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell_School_(Chicago)" title="Alexander Graham Bell School (Chicago)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_School" title="DeWitt Clinton School">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dixon_Elementary_School" title="Arthur Dixon Elementary School">Arthur Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nettelhorst_School" title="Nettelhorst School">Nettelhorst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pritzker_School" title="Pritzker School">Pritzker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutherland_Elementary_School_(Chicago)" title="Sutherland Elementary School (Chicago)">Sutherland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alternative and magnet<br />K–8/PK–8 schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Magnet_School" title="Inter-American Magnet School">Inter-American Magnet School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenart_Regional_Gifted_Center" title="Lenart Regional Gifted Center">Lenart Regional Gifted Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Middle schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phoebe_A._Hearst_Fine_Arts_Magnet_School" title="Phoebe A. Hearst Fine Arts Magnet School">Phoebe A. Hearst Fine Arts Magnet School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special education schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Vaughn_Occupational_High_School" title="Vaughn Occupational High School">Vaughn</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former high schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Calumet High School (Chicago)">Calumet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_High_School" title="Chicago High School">Chicago High</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Talent_Development_High_School" title="Chicago Talent Development High School">Chicago Talent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooley_Vocational_High_School" title="Cooley Vocational High School">Cooley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuSable_High_School" title="DuSable High School">DuSable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood_Technical_Prep_Academy" title="Englewood Technical Prep Academy">Englewood Tech</a></li> <li>Flower Vocational</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harper_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Harper High School (Chicago)">Harper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Technical_High_School" title="Harrison Technical High School">Harrison Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hope_College_Prep" title="John Hope College Prep">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Casas_Occupational_High_School" title="Las Casas Occupational High School">Las Casas Occupational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKinley_High_School_(Chicago)" title="McKinley High School (Chicago)">McKinley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near_North_Career_Metropolitan_High_School" title="Near North Career Metropolitan High School">Near North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Paul Robeson High School (Chicago)">Robeson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former 7–9 middle schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Montefiore_Academy" title="Moses Montefiore Academy">Moses Montefiore Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former K–8/elem. schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Jenner_School" title="Edward Jenner School">Edward Jenner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lothrop_Motley_School" title="John Lothrop Motley School">John Lothrop Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Peabody_School" title="Elizabeth Peabody School">Elizabeth Peabody</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Works about CPS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%2763_Boycott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="'63 Boycott (page does not exist)">'63 Boycott</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Central_Standard:_On_Education" title="Central Standard: On Education">Central Standard: On Education</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cooley_High" title="Cooley High">Cooley High</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curators_of_Dixon_School" title="The Curators of Dixon School">The Curators of Dixon School</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Educating_Esm%C3%A9" title="Educating Esmé">Educating Esmé</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Barbara_Sizemore" title="Saving Barbara Sizemore">Saving Barbara Sizemore</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_School_Project" title="The School Project">The School Project</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_Public_Schools_Strike" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Chicago Public Schools Strike">2019 strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_hearing_of_William_McAndrew" title="Administrative hearing of William McAndrew">Administrative hearing of William McAndrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_Officer_of_Chicago_Public_Schools" title="Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools">CEO/superintendent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Annenberg_Challenge" title="Chicago Annenberg Challenge">Chicago Annenberg Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Board_of_Education" title="Chicago Board of Education">Chicago Board of Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Chicago_Board_of_Education" title="President of the Chicago Board of Education">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Chicago_Board_of_Education_election" title="2024 Chicago Board of Education election">2024 election</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_High_School_League" title="Chicago Public High School League">Chicago Public High School League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Public_Schools_boycott" title="Chicago Public Schools boycott">Chicago Public Schools boycott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Teachers_Federation" title="Chicago Teachers Federation">Chicago Teachers Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Teachers_Union" title="Chicago Teachers Union">Chicago Teachers Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communities_In_Schools_of_Chicago" title="Communities In Schools of Chicago">Communities In Schools of Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distance_education_in_Chicago_Public_Schools_in_1937" title="Distance education in Chicago Public Schools in 1937">Distance education in 1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_School_Councils" title="Local School Councils">Local School Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renaissance_2010" title="Renaissance 2010">Renaissance 2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>This template should only include schools controlled by and/or affiliated with CPS. 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href="/wiki/Amundsen_High_School" title="Amundsen High School">Amundsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Community_Academy_High_School" title="Austin Community Academy High School">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogan_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Bogan High School (Chicago)">Bogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Bowen High School (Chicago)">Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuSable_High_School" title="DuSable High School">Bronzeville Scholastic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks_College_Preparatory_Academy" title="Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Calumet High School (Chicago)">Calumet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carver_Military_Academy" title="Carver Military Academy">Carver Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Military_Academy" title="Chicago Military Academy">Chicago Military (Bronzeville)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Vocational_High_School" title="Chicago Vocational High School">Chicago Vocational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Clark_Magnet_High_School" title="Michele Clark Magnet High School">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente_Community_Academy" title="Roberto Clemente Community Academy">Clemente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corliss_High_School" title="Corliss High School">Corliss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Crane High School (Chicago)">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curie_Metropolitan_High_School" title="Curie Metropolitan High School">Curie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunbar_Vocational_High_School" title="Dunbar Vocational High School">Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuSable_High_School" title="DuSable High School">DuSable (Campus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyett_High_School" title="Dyett High School">Dyett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood_STEM_High_School" title="Englewood STEM High School">Englewood STEM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farragut_Career_Academy" title="Farragut Career Academy">Farragut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenger_Academy_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Fenger Academy High School (Chicago)">Fenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreman_College_and_Career_Academy" title="Foreman College and Career Academy">Foreman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gage_Park_High_School" title="Gage Park High School">Gage Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Hancock High School (Chicago)">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Community_Academy_High_School" title="Harlan Community Academy High School">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirsch_Metropolitan_High_School" title="Hirsch Metropolitan High School">Hirsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubbard_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Hubbard High School (Chicago)">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Academy_High_School" title="Hyde Park Academy High School">Hyde Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_College_Prep_High_School" title="Jones College Prep High School">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benito_Juarez_Community_Academy" title="Benito Juarez Community Academy">Juarez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Julian High School (Chicago)">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Kelly High School (Chicago)">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelvyn_Park_High_School" title="Kelvyn Park High School">Kelvyn Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_High_School_(Illinois)" title="Kennedy High School (Illinois)">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenwood_Academy" title="Kenwood Academy">Kenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_College_Prep" title="King College Prep">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_View_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Lake View High School (Chicago)">Lake View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lane_Tech_College_Prep_High_School" title="Lane Tech College Prep High School">Lane Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Park_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Lincoln Park High School (Chicago)">Lincoln Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lindblom_Math_%26_Science_Academy" title="Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy">Lindblom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Village_Lawndale_High_School_Campus" title="Little Village Lawndale High School Campus">Little Village (Campus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manley_Career_Academy_High_School" title="Manley Career Academy High School">Manley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Metropolitan_High_School" title="Marshall Metropolitan High School">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mather_High_School" title="Mather High School">Mather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Park_High_School" title="Morgan Park High School">Morgan Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_Network_of_Charter_Schools" title="Noble Network of Charter Schools">Noble Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northside_College_Preparatory_High_School" title="Northside College Preparatory High School">Northside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orr_Academy_High_School" title="Orr Academy High School">Orr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_College_Preparatory_High_School" title="Walter Payton College Preparatory High School">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Phillips_Academy_High_School" title="Wendell Phillips Academy High School">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Military_Academy" title="Phoenix Military Academy">Phoenix Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosser_Career_Academy" title="Prosser Career Academy">Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richards_Career_Academy" title="Richards Career Academy">Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickover_Naval_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Rickover Naval Academy">Rickover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson_High_School_(Chicago)" title="Paul Robeson High School (Chicago)">Robeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_High_School_(Illinois)" title="Theodore Roosevelt High 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