Steinmetz College Prep | |
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Address | |
3030 N. Mobile Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60634 United States |
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Coordinates | 41°56′08″N 87°47′03″W / 41.9356°N 87.7841°WCoordinates: 41°56′08″N 87°47′03″W / 41.9356°N 87.7841°W |
Information | |
School type | Public secondary |
Established | 1919 |
School district | Chicago Public Schools |
Principal | Stephen Joseph Ngo |
Grades | 9-12 |
Gender | Coed |
Enrollment | 1,509 (2015–16) |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) |
Green Silver |
Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
Team name | Streaks |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
Website | steinmetzcp |
Steinmetz College Prep (also known as Steinmetz High School or Steinmetz Academic Centre) is a public 4–year high school located in Montclare, in the Belmont Cragin community area on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois. Steinmetz is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. The school is named for the German-American mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz. The school opened in 1919. Steinmetz is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme school. The school has an active Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).
In 1995 the school had 2,237 students, with around equal numbers of black, Hispanic and Latino, and white students, making it the sixth-largest high school in Chicago.
In 2016, 22 Steinmetz students participated in the Kakehashi Cultural Exchange Program trip to Japan. The award-winning 2010 documentary Louder Than a Bomb (film) features the Steinmetz team competing in and winning the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam. The 2000 television movie Cheaters is based on a 1995 Academic Decathlon scandal that involved the school. Parts of the movie were filmed (without permission) at Steinmetz.
Steinmetz competes in the Chicago Public League and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Steinmetz sport teams are nicknamed the Silver Streaks. The boys' baseball team were Public League champions during the 1974 –75 season. The boys' cross country team were Public League champions in the 1949–50 and 1991–92 seasons.