Harper High School (Chicago)
| Harper High School | |
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| Address | |
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6520 S. Wood Street Chicago, Illinois 60636 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°46′30″N 87°40′11″W / 41.7750°N 87.6697°WCoordinates: 41°46′30″N 87°40′11″W / 41.7750°N 87.6697°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public secondary |
| Motto | "Focus on today, Preparing for tomorrow" |
| Opened | 1911 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| Principal | Leonetta C. Sanders |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 245 (2015–16) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) |
White Red |
| Team name | Cardinals |
| Average ACT scores | 14.1 |
| Yearbook | Shield |
| Website | harperhighschool |
William Rainey Harper High School (commonly known as Harper High School) is a public four-year high school located in the West Englewood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Harper serves students in West Englewood and certain streets of Chicago Lawn. Harper is part of the Chicago Public Schools district. The school is named for scholar and educational administrator William Rainey Harper. Opened in 1911, the school has a graduation rate of 49.5 percent (as of the 2014–15 school year).
The majority of the school's students are Black-American. Harper was the first public school in Chicago to be a part of the Turnaround project started by former Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan. Harper High School gained national attention when the school was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The show discussed Harper High School's lack of computers and other essential learning tools for its students. The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been a big advocate for the school and its lack of funding.
Harper High School was the focus of a 2012 WBEZ report concerning the 27 past and present students who were casualties of gun violence in the preceding 13 months. The school was subsequently the subject of a two-episode, five-month immersive investigation by This American Life that aired on February 15 and 22, 2013, focusing on gun violence and the lives of students; the series earned a Peabody Award.
In April 2013, two Harper students, Deonte Tanner and Brittney Knight, won Bill Gates Millennium Scholarships. They were the first students in school history to do so.
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