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Curie Metropolitan High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

4959 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 · (773) 535-2100 · Part of Chicago Public School District 299

Chicago’s School Grade C better than 34% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
3,099
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
86%
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Curie Metropolitan High School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 18% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 17 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 21 pts below the state

On the path

Where Chicago kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–8409 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Curie Metropolitan High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency9%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts10%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

4959 S Archer Ave, Chicago

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9725
Grade 10877
Grade 11813
Grade 12684
Enrollment over time
3,175’20
3,219’21
3,178’22
3,136’23
3,099’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 88%Black 8%Asian 2%White 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Two or more races <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Curie Metropolitan High School from Chicago families.

Other schools in Chicago Public School District 299

The district →
Disney Elem Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Chicago
A−
1,384 students16:1
Armstrong G Elem IntL Studies
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Chicago
B+
1,304 students14:1
Dirksen Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Chicago
B+
1,263 students17:1
Edwards Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Chicago
D
1,209 students15:1
Stevenson Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Chicago
C−
1,206 students14:1
Mount Greenwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Chicago
A
1,182 students17:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Chicago’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.