Chicago

Welcome to Chicago

Chicago, on Lake Michigan in Illinois, is among the largest cities in the U.S. Famed for its bold architecture, it has a skyline punctuated by skyscrapers such as the iconic John Hancock Center, 1,451-ft. Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) and the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower.
 
The city is also renowned for its museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago with its noted Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
 
Source: Chicago Illinois

Overview for Chicago, IL

2,710,648 people live in Chicago, where the median age is 35.6 and the average individual income is $39,031.7. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

2,710,648

Total Population

35.6 years

Median Age

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

$39,031.7

Average individual Income

Demographics and Employment Data for Chicago, IL

Chicago has 1,085,434 households, with an average household size of 2. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Chicago do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 2,710,648 people call Chicago home. The population density is 12,218.37 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

2,710,648

Total Population

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

35.6

Median Age

48.57 / 51.43%

Men vs Women

Population by Age Group

0-9:

0-9 Years

10-17:

10-17 Years

18-24:

18-24 Years

25-64:

25-64 Years

65-74:

65-74 Years

75+:

75+ Years

Education Level

  • Less Than 9th Grade
  • High School Degree
  • Associate Degree
  • Bachelor Degree
  • Graduate Degree
1,085,434

Total Households

2

Average Household Size

$39,031.7

Average individual Income

Marital Status

Married
Single
Divorced
Separated

Commute Time

0 to 14 Minutes
15 to 29 Minutes
30 to 59 Minutes
60+ Minutes

Schools in Chicago, IL

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Primary Schools ()
Middle Schools ()
High Schools ()
Mixed Schools ()
The following schools are within or nearby Chicago. The rating and statistics can serve as a starting point to make baseline comparisons on the right schools for your family. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Type
Name
Category
Grades
School rating
Kennedy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
2/5
Blair Early Childhood Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 2nd
No rating available
Dore Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Kinzie Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
4/5
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Byrne Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 8th
2/5
Hale Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 9th
2/5
St Daniel The Prophet School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Dawes Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Grimes Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Twain Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Sandoval Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 6th
2/5
Academy for Global Citizenship
PUBLIC
K - 9th
1/5
Hernandez Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
1/5
Gloria Dei Lutheran School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Queen Of The Universe School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
St Bede The Venerable
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
St Christina School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
St Gall Elementary School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Our Lady Of The Snows School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Teddy Bear Nursery School #3
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
PUBLIC
8th - 12th
No rating available
Owen Elementary Scholastic Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Pasteur Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 4th
2/5
Peck Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 4th
2/5
Curie Metropolitan High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Lee Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Hancock College Preparatory High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
5/5
Hampton Elementary Fine & Perf Arts School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
2/5
Durkin Park Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Azuela Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Pathways in Education Brighton Park
PUBLIC
7th - 12th
No rating available
St Jane De Chantal School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Eberhart Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 8th
1/5
Edwards Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Mount Greenwood Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
5/5
Sawyer Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 10th
2/5
Ashburn Community Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Solorio Academy High School
PUBLIC
8th - 12th
2/5
Acero Charter School Network - SPC Daniel Zizumbo Campus
PUBLIC
K - 8th
3/5
Acero Charter School Network - Jovita Idar
PUBLIC
K - 8th
2/5
Pathways in Education Ashburn
PUBLIC
2nd - 12th
No rating available
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
St Mary Star Of The Sea School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
St Bede-Venerable School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Little Learners Preschool
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Cassell Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 9th
3/5
Hearst Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Hurley Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Stevenson Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 9th
1/5
Tonti Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Tarkington Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Goode STEM Academy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Richardson Middle School
PUBLIC
5th - 9th
2/5
Acero Charter School Network - Major Hector P Garcia MD Campus
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Acero Charter School Network Victoria Soto Campus
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Acero Charter School Network - PFC Omar E Torres Campus
PUBLIC
K - 8th
2/5
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
PUBLIC
PreK - 4th
3/5
St Bruno Elementary School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
Los Pequenos Angelitos
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
St Nicholas Tolentine School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Owens Community Academy Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
White Elementary Career Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Colemon J Elementary Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
PUBLIC
K - 6th
No rating available
Dubois Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Higgins Elementary Community Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Brown R Elementary Community Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Chicago Collegiate Charter School
PUBLIC
4th - 12th
1/5
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Grissom Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Aldridge Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Southeast Area Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Carver Primary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Gallistel Elementary Language Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Betty Shabazz International Charter School
PUBLIC
K - 8th
1/5
Carnegie Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 10th
2/5
Kenwood Academy High School
PUBLIC
7th - 12th
4/5
Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Washington H Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
South Shore International Col Prep High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
YCCS-Sullivan House Alt High School
PUBLIC
5th - 12th
No rating available
Univ of Chicago Charter-Woodlawn
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
2/5
CICS - Avalon/South Shore
PUBLIC
K - 8th
3/5
Art in Motion Charter School
PUBLIC
7th - 9th
No rating available
Univ Of Chicago Lab School
PRIVATE
PreK - 12th
No rating available
Cambridge School Of Chicago
PRIVATE
PreK - 6th
No rating available
PRIVATE
1st - 12th
No rating available
Avalon Park Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Caldwell Elementary Academy of Math & Sci
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Clay Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Coles Elementary Language Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Carver Military Academy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School
PUBLIC
K - 8th
3/5
Poe Elementary Classical School
PUBLIC
K - 7th
5/5
Smith W Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Murray Elementary Language Academy
PUBLIC
K - 8th
2/5
Ray Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 9th
2/5
Reavis Elementary Math & Sci Special School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Taylor Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Powell Elementary Paideia Community Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
EPIC Academy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Camelot Safe Academy School
PUBLIC
4th - 12th
No rating available
YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Our Lady Of Guadalupe School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
St Thomas The Apostle
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Wee Care Nursery School
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
PRIVATE
Undergrad - Undergrad
No rating available
St Jude Educational Institute
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Hitch Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Wildwood Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
5/5
Edison Park Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 8th
4/5
Immaculate Conception School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Resurrection College Prep High School
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
St Eugene Elementary School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Ebinger Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
5/5
Norwood Park Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
4/5
Beard Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 3rd
No rating available
Ombudsman Chicago Northwest
PUBLIC
5th - 12th
No rating available
Brickton Montessori School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Montessori Learning Center Of Edison Park
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
PRIVATE
2nd - 12th
No rating available
Fantasy Island School For Kids
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Garvy J Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 8th
4/5
Oriole Park Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
5/5
St Thecla Elementary School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Onahan Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
4/5
Smyser Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
PUBLIC
7th - 12th
4/5
Dirksen Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
4/5
Stock Early Childhood Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 1st
No rating available
St Mary Of The Woods School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Darwin Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
LaSalle Elementary Language Academy
PUBLIC
K - 8th
4/5
Lincoln Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 9th
5/5
Mayer Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 9th
5/5
Mitchell Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
4/5
Moos Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Ogden Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 9th
3/5
Stowe Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Wells Community Academy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
West Park Elementary Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
North-Grand High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Polaris Elementary Charter Academy
PUBLIC
K - 9th
1/5
LaSalle II Lang Academy Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
5/5
Chicago High School for the Arts
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
3/5
CICS - Bucktown Campus
PUBLIC
K - 8th
2/5
CICS - Quest North Campus
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Acero Charter School Network - Esmeralda Santiago Campus
PUBLIC
K - 8th
2/5
Holy Trinity High School
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
Near North Montessori
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Salem Christian School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
St James Lutheran School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
British International School Of Chicago Lincoln P
PRIVATE
PreK - 5th
No rating available
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
Nobel Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
De Diego Elementary Community Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Cameron Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Chase Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Columbus Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Goethe Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Clemente Community Academy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Yates Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Ward L Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Salazar Elementary Bilingual Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
2/5
Payton College Preparatory High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
5/5
McAuliffe Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Erie Elementary Charter School
PUBLIC
K - 8th
No rating available
Orr Academy High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Skinner North Elementary School
PUBLIC
K - 9th
5/5
Noble St Charter-Golder College Prep
PUBLIC
8th - 12th
1/5
Noble St Charter-Noble Campus
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
2/5
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Pathways in Education - Humboldt Park High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Good Shepherd Christian Academy
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Prologue Early College
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
PRIVATE
1st - 12th
No rating available
Fusion Academy Lp: Chicago- Lincoln Park
PRIVATE
6th - 12th
No rating available
Nixon Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 6th
No rating available
Chopin Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Drummond Elementary School