Urban Prep Academies
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420 North Wabash Suite 300 Chicago, Illinois 60611 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′23.29″N 87°37′41.67″W / 41.8898028°N 87.6282417°WCoordinates: 41°53′23.29″N 87°37′41.67″W / 41.8898028°N 87.6282417°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | We Believe. |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Tim King |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| Website | Urban Prep Academies |
| Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men - Englewood Campus | |
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6201 South Stewart Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60621 United States |
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| School type | all-male charter public high school |
| Opened | 2006 |
| Founder | Tim King |
| Principal | Dennis Lacewell |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 446 |
| Color(s) |
Red Gold |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Average ACT scores | 17.2 |
| Newspaper | Lion's Roar |
| Urban Prep Academy for Young Men - West Campus | |
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1326 W. 14th Place Chicago, Illinois 60608 United States |
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| School type | all-male public high school |
| Opened | 2009 |
| Principal | Ronald Bryant |
| Grades | 9-10 |
| Number of students | 360 |
| Color(s) |
Red Gold |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men - Bronzeville Campus | |
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2710 S Dearborn Ave Chicago, Illinois 60616 United States |
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| School type | all-male charter public high school |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Principal | Richard Glass Jr. |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 270 |
| Color(s) |
Red Gold |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Newspaper | Lion's Roar |
Urban Prep Academies (also known as Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men or simply Urban Prep) is a nonprofit organization that operates a network of free open-enrollment public all-male college-preparatory high schools in Chicago. Founded in 2002, and receiving its first charter approval from Chicago Public Schools in 2005, it operates the first all-male public charter high school in the United States. The network opened a second campus in 2009 and a third in August 2010.
In 2010-2016, 100% of the seniors in the school's graduating classes were admitted to four-year colleges or universities.
In 2002, a group of African-American civic, business, and education leaders, organized by former Hales Franciscan High School President Tim King, determined to establish a new high school in Chicago focused on providing a strong, college-preparatory high school option for boys in under-served African-American communities. African-American males had been, and continue to be, the lowest-performing demographic in Chicago Public Schools. A University of Chicago study published in 2006 reported that only one in 40 African-American boys in Chicago Public Schools will eventually graduate from a 4-year university.
The Chicago Board of Education approved Urban Prep Academies' charter application in 2005, and Urban Prep opened its first school, Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men — Englewood Campus, the subsequent September. It is the first charter high school for boys in the country and currently enrolls 460 students in grades 9-12. Urban Prep’s second school opened in the East Garfield Park community in 2009, and moved to the near west side of the city in 2011. Urban Prep’s third campus, serving the historic Bronzeville community, opened in 2010. Based on its success thus far, Urban Prep plans to open more schools in the Chicago area and in other low-performing urban centers. Approximately 85% of Urban Prep students are low-income and nearly all are African-American.
Admission to Urban Prep is non-selective and determined through a lottery system. Enrollment is open to all matriculating 9th grade boys living in Chicago. Information on the lottery admission process is available on Urban Prep's admissions webpage.
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