Harper High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

6520 South Wood St

Chicago IL, 60636, Cook County

Phone: 773-535-9150

Ranking:

(655 out of 666, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Chicago Public School District 299

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	36		55		48		54		61		77		68
Total Students:	454		521		607		692		728		1,069		1,258
Grade 9:	94	20.7%	121	23.2%	130	21.4%	171	24.7%	163	22.4%	346	32.4%	468	37.2%
Grade 10:	109	24.0%	132	25.3%	180	29.7%	162	23.4%	253	34.8%	291	27.2%	376	29.9%
Grade 11:	119	26.2%	141	27.1%	153	25.2%	211	30.5%	161	22.1%	220	20.6%	276	21.9%
Grade 12:	132	29.1%	127	24.4%	142	23.4%	148	21.4%	151	20.7%	212	19.8%	138	11.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	239	52.6%	274	52.6%	338	55.7%	370	53.5%	370	50.8%	489	45.7%	712	56.6%
Female:	215	47.4%	247	47.4%	269	44.3%	322	46.5%	350	48.1%	572	53.5%	528	42.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	11	2.4%	7	1.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.2%
Black:	441	97.1%	512	98.3%	600	98.8%	688	99.4%	726	99.7%	1,066	99.7%	1,237	98.3%
White:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	444	97.8%	515	98.8%	319	52.6%	498	72.0%	606	83.2%	711	66.5%	1,058	84.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	252	41.5%	9	1.3%	22	3.0%	24	2.2%	19	1.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.61		9.50		12.65		12.81		11.93		14.00		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSAE
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	1.1%	27.4%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	1.8%	27.8%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	0.5%	27.5%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	1.9%	30.5%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	1.7%	29.2%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	3.3%	28.3%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	2.7%	26.6%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	2.3%	28.8%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	9.5%	29.4%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	6.1%	32.2%	N/A
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	2.4%	33.2%	N/A
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	13.3%	36.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	10.8%	36.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	16.7%	41.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	8%	39.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	7.8%	34.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	7.2%	30.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	10.2%	33.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	8.4%	32.9%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	16.3%	30.9%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	8.4%	31.8%	N/A
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	8.1%	36.2%	N/A
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	3.3%	23.5%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	3%	27.0%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	1.5%	26.2%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	1.4%	24.7%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	3.9%	26.1%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	2.6%	24.4%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	5.5%	23.1%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	6.1%	26.1%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	7.5%	24.6%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	6.1%	29.0%	N/A
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	1.6%	26.5%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Harper High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.