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Chicago High School For Agricult Sciences
3857 W 111th St, Chicago, IL, 60655-4009 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Chicago High School For Agricult Sciences
School Level High school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Cook County, IL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 592 students
% Male / % Female 43%  /  57%
Total Classroom Teachers 48 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 163 students
Grade 10 - 152 students
Grade 11 - 159 students
Grade 12 - 118 students
This School
(IL) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:12 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(IL) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 1% 2%
% Hispanic 12% 10%
% Black 54% 19%
% White 30% 66%
% Unknown 3 % 4%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 30% 22%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 15% 4%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(IL) Statewide Testing Performance
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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%
School Notes:
  • The Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, nicknamed "CHSAS", is a magnet high school created in 1985 by the Chicago Public Schools as a unique, experimental high school devoted to teaching agricultural science to urban students. The school is located on a campus, of which are dedicated to a working farm (it was built on the site of the last farm to survive within the Chicago city limits), and the students commute from all across the city to CHSAS. The students benefit from hands-on experience and summer interships, and many do go on to attend universities and major in Agricultural disciplines. The school was founded, in part, to increase the number of minorities in agricultural careers. It is located in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood at 3857 W. 111th Street.
  • CHSAS has an annual enrollment cap of 600 students mandated by the Chicago Board of Education. Students are selected to attend the CHSAS via a lottery that annually selects about 150 students out of over 1000 applications for the entering freshman class. Sixty-one percent of the students are African American, 27% are Caucasian, 12% are Hispanic, and <1% are Pacific Islander/Asian. Graduating seniors in 2004 received a total of over $1 million dollars in scholarship awards to further their education beyond high school. For the years 2002 through 2004 inclusive, more than 90% of seniors took the ACT and their aggregate average score was at or above the national ACT average. During these same years, students also scored at or above district and state averages in standardized reading and math examinations. The drop out rate is around 6% (well below the city average) and 83.4% of the ninth grade cohort graduated. The schools colors are Green and gold. The mascot of Chicago agricultural is cyclone.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (60655)
School Zip (60655)
(IL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 29,138 people 12,207,380 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 34% 24%
Population Average Age 36 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 2.7 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $59,849 $46,557
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.6 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 56 years old 49 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 88% / 12% 62% / 38%
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