Gage Park High School
5630 S Rockwell St, Chicago, IL, 60629-1030 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Gage Park High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Cook County, IL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 1501 students
% Male / % Female 48%  /  52%
Total Classroom Teachers 107 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 428 students
Grade 10 - 351 students
Grade 11 - 430 students
Grade 12 - 292 students
This School
(IL) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:14 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(IL) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian n/a 2%
% Hispanic 64% 10%
% Black 33% 19%
% White 1% 66%
% Unknown 2 % 4%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 56% 22%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 7% 4%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(IL) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name City Of Chicago 299 School District
This School's Agency
(IL) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 633 3
Number of Students Managed 423,413 students 984 students
District Total Revenue $4,135,342,000 $9,428,000
District Expenditure $4,345,502,000 $9,311,000
District Revenue / Student $9,767 $9,581
District Expenditure / Student $10,263 $9,462
District Graduation Rates 47% 92%
In the News:
  • Former All-American Girls player to sign autographs today (The Villages Daily Sun)
    posted on September 20, 2009 at 12:28:47 pm
    THE VILLAGES — A cool, Chicago breeze would invigorate Annie O’Dowd each morning. The big, enclosed porch at her parent’s apartment on 58th and Troy Street was the teenager’s summertime bedroom.
  • Reunions (SouthtownStar)
    posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:04:20 am
      
  • Veteran earns top state honors (The Herald News)
    posted on July 5, 2009 at 08:23:43 pm
    Paul Chen was a self-admitted, know-it-all punk kid in 1974. The Vietnam War was ending and many of his pals at Chicago's Gage Park High School already had shipped out or were coming home. So he decided to go to. The Navy, however, had him work as a welder aboard ships patrolling the East Coast.
  • New CPS teachers need more mentoring, support (Chicago Sun-Times)
    posted on July 4, 2009 at 02:50:23 pm
    It's not really news that we are in a teacher-quality crisis. The issue in the Chicago Public Schools is not attracting teachers, but keeping them in the system, as the new Consortium on Chicago School Research study indicates. Those teachers who have remained have survived on their own and have kept their passion in the mission of educating Chicago's children despite not getting the ...
  • Police: Teenage Student Was Run Off Road, Killed (CBS 2 Chicago)
    posted on June 19, 2009 at 05:41:59 pm
    Police continue the search Friday afternoon for a black van that allegedly rammed a vehicle off the road late Thursday on the Southwest Side, causing a rollover crash that killed a 16-year-old Chicago boy.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (60629)
School Zip (60629)
(IL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 113,984 people 12,207,380 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 15% 24%
Population Average Age 28 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 3.5 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $40,279 $46,557
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.2 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 56 years old 49 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (60629)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 64% / 36% 62% / 38%
School Map:
1. Lindblom College Preparatory High School - 53 students - 1.1 mi. away - view location
2. Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School - 114 students - 1.1 mi. away - view location
3. Harper High School - 1261 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
4. Hancock College Preparatory High School - 815 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
5. Richards Career Academy High School - 474 students - 1.6 mi. away - view location
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