Ogden International School

Ogden International School of Chicago is a public K-12 school in Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of Chicago Public Schools (CPS). It maintains two campuses: East Campus with elementary grades, and West Campus with middle and high school grades. East Campus is located in Gold Coast area of the Near North Side, and West Campus is located in West Town.

It has an attendance boundary for grades K-8, and it serves sections of the Near North Side and the Chicago Loop. Sections of the Near North Side served by Ogden include Gold Coast, River North. and Streeterville. Its high school is selective admissions only. Students zoned to Ogden for K-8 are zoned to either Wells Community Academy High School or Lincoln Park High School for senior high.

Azam Ahmed of the Chicago Tribune described it as "One of Chicago's more successful public schools".

It was first established as an elementary school in 1857, and its original name was William B. Ogden Elementary School, after Mayor of Chicago William B. Ogden. Its previous standalone campus, dedicated in 1884, was located at 9 W. Oak Street, and it did not have a cafeteria, a playground, a gymnasium, nor an assembly hall. The Chicago Tribune referred to it as "one of the most obsolete buildings in the city." The school district owned a parcel, acquired in 1945, located within Dearborn, Oak, State, and Walton Streets, and a new $1 million ($10725782.41 according to inflation) 13 classroom brick and stone building was proposed and recommended for construction by the bureau of research and building survey. In addition to having the four features lacking in the previous building, it was also to have six restrooms, an adjustment room, a teacher's lounge, and a kindergarten area.

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