Senn High School

Summary:

Senn High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 1,583 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Senn High School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is generally below the state and district averages. For example, only 14.6% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to 26.1% statewide and 18.6% in the district. However, the school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment is slightly better, with 42.5% of students proficient or better, compared to 53.2% statewide and 36.8% in the district. Senn High School's four-year graduation rate has been improving, reaching 83.7% in the 2023-2024 school year, but this is still lower than the state and district averages. The school's dropout rate has fluctuated between 2.0% and 3.5% in recent years, which is higher than the state and district averages.

Senn High School's performance is generally lower than that of nearby high schools, such as Von Steuben Metro Science High School and Amundsen High School, which have higher academic achievement, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism. However, Senn High School outperforms some nearby schools, such as YCCS-Truman Middle College High School and Uplift Community High School, which have significantly lower academic performance and graduation rates.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 5900 N Glenwood Ave
       Chicago, IL  60660-3312


(773) 534-2365

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
359th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,136 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  1,516

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
40.0%
African American:
25.4%
White:
18.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.2% Help


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Compare Details Senn High School ranks worse than 51.5% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 22nd among 145 ranked high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.49. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Senn High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Senn High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (40%), African American (25.4%), White (18.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 74.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Senn High School is 14, which is the 76th best among 145 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Senn High School is $17,136. 119 high schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Senn High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Senn High School 359th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Senn High School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Senn High School

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Rank History for all students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 4.55 544th 586 7.2%
2004 3.50 551st 592 6.9%
2005 5.74 537th 590 9.0%
2006 5.75 546th 596 8.4%
2007 3.00 579th 612 5.4%
2008 2.99 586th 624 6.1%
2009 3.16 592nd 632 6.3%
2010 4.35 588th 643 8.6%
2011 5.87 595th 655 9.2%
2012 11.78 574th 665 13.7%
2013 18.92 544th 670 18.8%
2014 30.49 499th 670 25.5%
2015 74.28 121st 614 80.3%
2016 35.21 429th 643 33.3%
2017 32.34 459th 642 28.5%
2018 27.90 489th 647 24.4%
2019 47.82 364th 701 48.1%
2021 42.95 361st 688 47.5%
2022 39.23 431st 699 38.3%
2023 44.99 385th 699 44.9%
2024 44.49 359th 697 48.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.75 109th 154 29.2%
2024 66.97 55th 182 69.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.77 67th 151 55.6%
2019 54.99 39th 183 78.7%
2021 42.99 74th 189 60.8%
2022 26.85 180th 205 12.2%
2023 30.28 170th 217 21.7%
2024 36.29 131st 248 47.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.33 238th 374 36.4%
2019 39.70 218th 473 53.9%
2021 33.69 252nd 453 44.4%
2022 65.15 74th 493 85.0%
2023 75.94 79th 476 83.4%
2024 82.95 66th 482 86.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.75 344th 585 41.2%
2019 58.40 212th 639 66.8%
2021 57.46 197th 611 67.8%
2022 43.47 350th 626 44.1%
2023 54.11 253rd 644 60.7%
2024 36.32 384th 639 39.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.45 491st 620 20.8%
2019 45.60 362nd 665 45.6%
2021 50.57 283rd 639 55.7%
2022 36.46 423rd 658 35.7%
2023 49.62 316th 656 51.8%
2024 45.61 324th 664 51.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.22 132nd 428 69.2%
2024 80.12 55th 429 87.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.11 441st 619 28.8%
2019 48.15 327th 675 51.6%
2021 32.96 417th 653 36.1%
2022 40.34 397th 664 40.2%
2023 36.63 430th 668 35.6%
2024 40.46 372nd 668 44.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.93 127th 132 3.8%
2019 11.16 116th 130 10.8%
2021 7.13 124th 135 8.1%
2022 3.93 135th 141 4.3%
2023 4.78 126th 134 6.0%
2024 5.58 128th 137 6.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.11 91st 253 64.0%
2019 56.48 90th 299 69.9%
2021 58.53 70th 281 75.1%
2022 54.32 93rd 294 68.4%
2023 62.11 71st 301 76.4%
2024 48.87 103rd 299 65.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.64 206th 291 29.2%
2019 45.21 146th 317 53.9%
2021 34.24 202nd 317 36.3%
2022 34.12 221st 335 34.0%
2023 38.85 193rd 333 42.0%
2024 28.20 244th 336 27.4%
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Rank History for White students at Senn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.01 227th 548 58.6%
2019 74.65 118th 552 78.6%
2021 78.89 100th 553 81.9%
2022 63.31 169th 560 69.8%
2023 71.94 130th 557 76.7%
2024 74.96 113th 554 79.6%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Senn High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 388 997 641 544 13 n/a n/a 0 2583
1989 278 876 558 500 10 n/a n/a 0 2222
1990 251 828 529 520 2 n/a n/a 0 2130
1991 224 797 519 540 3 n/a n/a 0 2083
1992 258 755 462 626 3 n/a n/a 0 2104
1993 254 794 389 670 6 n/a n/a 0 2113
1994 194 889 381 707 9 n/a n/a 0 2180
1995 158 968 297 730 9 n/a n/a 0 2162
1996 158 968 297 730 9 n/a n/a 0 2162
1997 157 898 292 733 14 n/a n/a 0 2094
1998 143 831 290 640 7 n/a n/a 0 1911
1999 117 744 297 581 13 n/a n/a 0 1752
2000 124 780 276 597 8 n/a n/a 0 1785
2001 132 669 345 610 10 n/a n/a 0 1766
2002 113 619 285 662 20 n/a n/a 0 1699
2003 113 619 285 662 20 n/a n/a 0 1699
2004 114 605 250 650 2 n/a n/a 0 1621
2005 93 599 223 679 4 n/a n/a 0 1598
2006 73 559 200 589 2 n/a n/a 69 1492
2007 68 550 183 559 3 n/a n/a 9 1372
2008 57 413 160 502 6 n/a n/a 52 1190
2009 97 506 156 510 6 n/a n/a 0 1275
2010 70 414 126 457 4 n/a n/a 0 1071
2011 59 360 125 453 11 7 27 0 1042
2012 64 355 135 460 6 6 27 0 1053
2013 83 294 138 472 5 5 30 0 1027
2014 107 324 160 519 5 7 35 0 1157
2015 130 353 175 571 3 13 34 0 1279
2016 134 377 215 573 5 1 41 0 1346
2017 150 371 226 619 6 7 32 0 1411
2018 161 371 259 613 7 9 29 0 1449
2019 153 359 256 594 7 11 34 0 1414
2020 203 374 263 653 10 8 40 0 1551
2021 246 431 256 695 10 6 38 0 1682
2022 269 438 239 663 9 4 38 0 1660
2023 279 417 202 628 12 2 43 0 1583
2024 282 385 191 607 12 2 37 0 1516

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Senn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2583 149.2 17.3 n/a
1989 2222 148.2 14.9 n/a
1990 2130 135.0 15.7 n/a
1991 2083 130.2 15.9 n/a
1992 2104 133.2 15.7 n/a
1993 2113 132.0 16.0 n/a
1994 2180 107.8 20.2 n/a
1995 2162 105.8 20.4 n/a
1996 2162 105.8 20.4 n/a
1997 2094 111.6 18.8 n/a
1998 1911 114.4 16.7 n/a
1999 1752 111.4 15.7 n/a
2000 1785 117.6 15.2 n/a
2001 1766 123.6 14.3 n/a
2002 1699 133.0 12.8 90.6
2003 1699 133.0 12.8 90.6
2004 1621 113.7 14.3 98
2005 1598 132.7 12.0 92.6
2006 1492 130.7 11.4 104.6
2007 1372 82.0 16.7 100.4
2008 1190 74.0 16.1 104.3
2009 1275 75.0 17.0 99.8
2010 1071 73.0 14.6 99.7
2011 1042 69.0 15.1 99.7
2012 1053 69.0 15.2 92.5
2013 1027 79.8 12.8 90.6
2014 1157 81.0 14.2 88.9
2015 1279 81.0 15.7 88.4
2016 1346 86.0 15.6 83
2017 1411 86.2 16.3 82.6
2018 1449 97.2 14.8 81.3
2019 1414 104.5 13.5 79.6
2020 1551 103.5 14.9 77
2021 1682 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1660 106.7 15.5 75.3
2023 1583 106.7 14.8 72.9
2024 1516 107.7 14.0 74.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Senn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2583 149.2 17.3 n/a
1989 2222 148.2 14.9 n/a
1990 2130 135.0 15.7 n/a
1991 2083 130.2 15.9 n/a
1992 2104 133.2 15.7 n/a
1993 2113 132.0 16.0 n/a
1994 2180 107.8 20.2 n/a
1995 2162 105.8 20.4 n/a
1996 2162 105.8 20.4 n/a
1997 2094 111.6 18.8 n/a
1998 1911 114.4 16.7 n/a
1999 1752 111.4 15.7 n/a
2000 1785 117.6 15.2 n/a
2001 1766 123.6 14.3 n/a
2002 1699 133.0 12.8 90.6
2003 1699 133.0 12.8 90.6
2004 1621 113.7 14.3 98
2005 1598 132.7 12.0 92.6
2006 1492 130.7 11.4 104.6
2007 1372 82.0 16.7 100.4
2008 1190 74.0 16.1 104.3
2009 1275 75.0 17.0 99.8
2010 1071 73.0 14.6 99.7
2011 1042 69.0 15.1 99.7
2012 1053 69.0 15.2 92.5
2013 1027 79.8 12.8 90.6
2014 1157 81.0 14.2 88.9
2015 1279 81.0 15.7 88.4
2016 1346 86.0 15.6 83
2017 1411 86.2 16.3 82.6
2018 1449 97.2 14.8 81.3
2019 1414 104.5 13.5 79.6
2020 1551 103.5 14.9 77
2021 1682 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1660 106.7 15.5 75.3
2023 1583 106.7 14.8 72.9
2024 1516 107.7 14.0 74.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Senn High School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201597.8%98.6%98.8%98.8%96.3%97.9%97.3%
201698.2%98.2%98.2%98.2%97.0%97.4%20.3%
201796.2%97.0%97.0%97.0%96.2%94.3%95.7%20.2%
201895.9%97.7%98.0%98.0%96.9%97.7%96.9%21.5%
201997.0%97.1%97.5%97.5%97.1%97.3%96.8%41.9%
202482.3%90.3%90.2%90.3%81.4%89.7%86.0%73.5%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Senn High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $968 (8.1%) $10,937 (91.9%) $11,905
2020 $901 (7.5%) $11,076 (92.5%) $11,977
2021 $2,043 (16.5%) $10,370 (83.5%) $12,413
2022 $2,043 (16.5%) $10,370 (83.5%) $12,413
2023 $2,803 (18.1%) $12,707 (81.9%) $15,510
2024 $2,801 (16.3%) $14,336 (83.7%) $17,136

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Senn High School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 364th of 701 High schoolsRanks 385th of 699 High schools
 3.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Senn High School)29.615.4
 14.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.719.1
 7.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)34.826.7
 8.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Senn High School)34.424.5
 9.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.322.3
 4%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.731.6
 5.1%
End of Course Science (Senn High School)17.443.5
 26.1%
   End of Course Science (Chicago Public Schools District 299)19.931.1
 11.2%
   End of Course Science (Illinois)36.452.2
 15.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students14141583
 12%
African American359417
 16.2%
American Indian712
 71.4%
Asian256202
 21.1%
Hispanic594628
 5.7%
Pacific Islander112
 81.8%
White153279
 82.4%
Two or More Races3443
 26.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients79.6%72.9%
 6.7%


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Students at Senn High School are 40% Hispanic, 25% African American, 19% White, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Senn High School ranks 359th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,516 students attended Senn High School.


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