Campus Type: | Urban |
City: | Chicago |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 41.7344°N -87.5564°W |
Gender: | Coed |
Grades: | 9–12 |
Colors: | Navy Blue Light Blue |
Homepage: | Baker College Prep |
Baker College Prep | |
Opened: | 2013 |
Enrollment: | 348 (2017-18) |
Principal: | Mary Arrigo |
Schooltype: | Public Secondary Charter |
State: | Illinois |
Streetaddress: | 2710 E. 89th Street |
Zipcode: | 60617 |
Baker College Preparatory High School (also known as Baker College Prep) is a public four-year charter high school located in the South Chicago neighborhood on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois. It shares its campus with Bowen High School.[1] Baker is operated by the Noble Network of Charter Schools and is named for civil and human rights activist Ella Baker.[2] It opened in fall 2013. Twice a year, students propose solutions to community problems that they have studied in groups that semester and that they hope to participate in solving.[3]
Baker College Prep is rated a 1 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site. [4] GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school.