Chicago International Charter School

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Education & Literacy

Location

11 E Adams St Ste 600Chicago, IL 60603 United States
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Mission Statement

To provide, through innovation and choice, an attractive and rigorous college-preparatory education that meets the needs of today's students.

Description

Chicago International Charter School (CICS) opened in 1997 with two schools, and has grown to 15 campuses in Chicago and 1 campus in Rockford, serving students in grades K-12

Our students are representative of Chicago's neighborhoods: 96% are minority, and 86% qualify for free/reduced lunch status

We serve 9,222 students from communities across Chicago from as far south as Altgeld Gardens to as far north as Peterson & Pulaski. Our families live in all 50 city wards, with many sending their children to a CICS campus in their neighborhood, and others traveling across the city for a CICS education

Our schools are

  • Tuition free and with no entrance exams
  • Non-selective, enrollment is determined by random lottery
  • Rigorous, with a longer school day and year
  • Filled with highly qualified teachers
  • Closing the achievement gap between urban students and their more affluent peers

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