Student Size
International Baccalaureate
Selective/Magnet
Charter
Military
100

This neighborhood school by the lake is medium sized with 1,399 students

Lake View High School

100

True or False: International Baccalaureate (IB) programs can be found in schools all over the world

True. There are IB programs in 146 countries

100

Name a Selective Enrollment or Magnet High School

Northside College Prep, Lane Tech, Whitney Young, Jones College Prep, Walter Payton, Disney II, Von Steuben

100

Name a Charter School

Noble ITW David Speer, Noble Pritzker, Noble UIC, ChiArts, ASPIRA, Intrinsic

100

Name a Military School

Marine Leadership Academy, Rickover Naval Academy, Phoenix Military Academy

200

This small neighborhood high school has 618 students and offers programs in Advanced Placement, Honors, Dual Credit, and Career Technical Education courses in Pre-Engineering

Edwin G. Foreman College and Career Academy

200

True or False: If you go to an IB school, you must participate in their IB program

False: Most schools with IB programs give you a choice

200

This selective enrollment school has over 4,500 students with and their school colors are green and gold

Lane Tech

200

This charter school has around 1,000 students and is in the Hermosa neighborhood (Hint: the school is named after a wealthy Illinois family that focuses on business and politics)

Noble Pritzker

200

True or False: If you go to a military school, you must join the military after graduating high school

False

300
This far north school is the largest International Baccalaureate school in Illinois with over 4,200 students.

Taft

300

Name a high school with an International Baccalaureate program

Taft, Lincoln Park, Prosser, Amundsen

300

This magnet school has around 700 students and has construction and police/firefighter programs (Hint: the school is named after a famous animator, film producer and businessman)

Disney II

300

This charter school has around 600 students, is in Humboldt Park and is focused on the arts

ChiArts

300

This military school has around 500 students, is in Portage Park and provides basic instruction in military science and lessons on navy traditions

Rickover Naval Academy

400

With a student enrollment of 368, this public college preparatory is one of the smallest high schools in Chicago. 

Alcott College Prep

400

True or False: Prosser has 2 IB programs: International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) and International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP)

True

IB Career-related Programme (IBCP) is designed for students interested in pursuing a career-related education in the final two years of secondary school.

IB Diploma Program (IBDP) is a challenging college preparatory sequence for academically qualified students.

400

This selective enrollment school has close to 1,200 students and was named after a famous Chicago football player (Hint: He was part of the 1985 Super Bowl championship team)

Walter Payton College Prep

400

DAILY DOUBLE: This charter school has slightly more than 1000 students and is known for its science and business focus (Hint: the school is named after a wealthy businessman)

Noble ITW David Speer

400

True or False: Only military schools offer Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC)

False - many schools offer NJROTC
500

This small-mid sized neighborhood school with 1,160 students was named after a famous German-American mathematician and electrical engineer in the 19th-20th centuries

Charles P Steinmetz College Prep High School

500

DAILY DOUBLE: True or False: International Baccalaureate was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

True

500

This school has around 1,000 students and is ranked as one of the best high schools in the United States.

Northside College Prep

500

True or False: Charter schools are typically more flexible with their discipline policy and academics than public schools.

True

500

This military school has around 600 students, is in Hermosa and their mascot is a bulldog

Marine Leadership Academy

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