Morgan Park High School
1744 W Pryor Ave, Chicago, IL, 60643-3497 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Morgan Park High School
School Level High school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades 7 - 12
County Cook County, IL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 2252 students
% Male / % Female 46%  /  54%
Total Classroom Teachers 165 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 7 - 78 students
Grade 8 - 90 students
Grade 9 - 668 students
Grade 10 - 559 students
Grade 11 - 447 students
Grade 12 - 410 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 2% 10%
% Black 92% 19%
% White 3% 66%
% Unknown 3 % 4%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 27% 22%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 10% 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:
  • H.S. freshman excelling at taekwondo (ABC 7 Chicago)
    posted on November 14, 2009 at 12:48:56 am
    Gregory English of Chicago is a high school freshman who also studies taekwondo.
  • NU defensive tackle Bryant playing at his highest level (Chicago Tribune)
    posted on November 13, 2009 at 03:18:49 am
    Defensive tackle playing at his highest level Corbin Bryant hoped to draw the "oohs and ahhs" when he played basketball at Morgan Park High School.
  • Poets tell story of Chicago school children killed (Chicago Tribune)
    posted on October 26, 2009 at 02:49:54 am
    Video captures poetry slam performance of tribute During the 2008 Brave New Voices youth poetry slam in Washington, Nate Marshall, then a senior at Whitney Young Magnet High School, and Demetrius Amparan, a senior at Morgan Park High School, are on stage before a live audience.
  • Military briefs (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 09:05:31 pm
    Lynch receives commendation medal
  • Students help clear Dunes bog (Post-Tribune)
    posted on September 27, 2009 at 09:27:19 am
    DUNE ACRES — Sydney Johnson, 15, gave a quick tour of the work he had done so far at Cowles Bog in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The sophomore at the Chicago High School for the Agricultural Sciences helped cut down two trees and was preparing to level a large stump with a buddy. And that wasn't all. "We cut down a bunch of vines that were there," he said, to improve the view of the ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (60643)
School Zip (60643)
(IL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 52,568 people 12,207,380 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 35% 24%
Population Average Age 38 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 3.0 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $51,305 $46,557
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 6 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 58 years old 49 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (60643)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 79% / 21% 62% / 38%
School Map:
1. Julian Achievement Academy High School - n/a - 0.6 mi. away - view location
2. Julian High School - 1951 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
3. Fenger Academy High School - 1126 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
4. Fenger Achievement Academy High School - 208 students - 2.2 mi. away - view location
5. Evergreen Park High School - 929 students - 2.3 mi. away - view location
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