Lake View High School

Lake View High School serves 1,461 students in grades 9-12 on Chicago's North Side, maintaining a manageable student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1 with 105 full-time equivalent teachers. This regular public high school operates within a highly educated community where 75% of residents hold bachelor's degrees or higher, though the school itself has room for academic growth with 15% of students achieving proficiency in English Language Arts across grade levels. The school ranks in the 28th percentile among Illinois high schools, receiving a 4.2 out of 10 rating from MySchoolScout, indicating opportunities for continued development in student achievement.

With its substantial enrollment, Lake View High School offers the resources and diverse peer community that come with being a large urban school. The school sits in the heart of the Lakeview neighborhood, an affluent area with a median household income of $92,238 and median home values around $399,300. This well-established Chicago community maintains a low poverty rate of 9.1% and houses over 51,000 residents.

Lake View High School operates within this vibrant urban setting, serving families in one of Chicago's most desirable and educationally-minded neighborhoods along North Ashland Avenue.