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Spry Community Links High School

Public Grades 9-12

Summary

Spry Community Links High School is a small public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of just 60 students. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 698 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Spry Community Links High School consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois high schools, with a ranking between 617-694 out of 698-701 schools over the past 10 years. The school's test scores are significantly below the district and state averages, with only 6.3% of students proficient or better in ACT/English Language Arts and 0% proficient or better in ACT/Mathematics and ACT/Science. Spry Community Links High School also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 72.6% in recent years, and lower-than-average graduation rates, ranging from 66.7% to 89.0% over the past few years.

The challenges faced by Spry Community Links High School are not unique, as nearby schools in the same district, such as Noble St Charter-DRW Trading Col, Manley Career Academy High School, and YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School, also have low academic performance and rankings, suggesting that the issues may be systemic within the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Students ?

4.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$58,749

Per pupil spending ?

80.5%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

95.7%

Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)

2400 S Marshall Blvd
Chicago, IL 60623-4146

(773) 534-1997

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.3%

African American:

2.4%

American Indian:

1.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 18th percentile in 2015 → 1st in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the Illinois average (90%)

✓Small classes — about 4 students per teacher

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (70% vs 24% Illinois)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2015

Not ranked this year

Spry Community Links High School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

568^th of 738Chicago Public Schools District 299 among Illinois districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	3.4	694 of 698	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	680 of 697	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	617 of 699	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.2	685 of 699	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.3	667 of 688	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.7	657 of 701	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.5	624 of 647	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.1	572 of 642	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	12.3	596 of 643	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	21.3	502 of 614	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	12.6	581 of 670	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	10.6	585 of 670	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	18.2	551 of 665	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	14.0	558 of 655	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	11.7	559 of 643	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	13.2	538 of 624	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	6.5	556 of 612	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	5.6	549 of 596	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	279 of 284	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	28.6	158 of 248	36.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.8	86 of 189	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	29.6	141 of 183	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.4	126 of 151	16.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2022	9.0	609 of 658	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.9	586 of 665	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.4	589 of 620	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	4.4	362 of 366	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	325 of 336	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	304 of 333	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	334 of 335	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	315 of 317	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.3	312 of 317	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	286 of 291	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	5.2	663 of 672	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	609 of 639	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.7	578 of 644	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.1	609 of 626	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.2	580 of 611	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	585 of 639	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.0	557 of 585	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2024	10.0	632 of 668	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	620 of 664	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.6	626 of 653	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.5	666 of 675	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.1	603 of 619	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2021	29.3	270 of 453	40.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	248 of 374	33.7%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2021)40th percentile+37 vs school

Female (2022)7th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2024)5th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school

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by a citizen
Friday, May 14, 2010

This school is going from good to great!
This school is great due to it's small class sizes and
very helpful teachers!
Great Job Community Links
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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Spry Community Links High School	Public	9-12	2400 S Marshall Blvd	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-1997	82	20	4.1	80.5%	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	79 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										95.7%		$58,749	$5,665	$53,084
Cook County Juvenile Detention Center - York Alternative High School	Public	9-12	2700 S California Ave	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-7021	0	41	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)										92.2%
Farragut Career Academy High School	Public	9-12	2345 S Christiana Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-1300	490	46	10.7	93.7%	3 (0.6%)	62 (12.7%)	419 (85.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	3.2	609^th of 620 public high schools	1.8%		12.2	611^th of 698 public high schools	12.5%	2	19.2	15.3			15.1	13.9	14.1	7.8	13.3	95.1%		$29,305	$2,157	$27,149
YCCS-Latino Youth Alternative High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2001 S California Ave	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 648-2130	174	9	19.3	93.1%	2 (1.1%)	5 (2.9%)	165 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								(n/a)										100%		$26,253	$1,866	$24,387
IHSCA Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2520 S Western Ave	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 890-8020	567	0		92.2%	5 (0.9%)	18 (3.2%)	543 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4.3	595^th of 620 public high schools	4.0%		11.6	619^th of 698 public high schools	11.3%	24	26.1	23.6			14.9	16.4	17.5		12.6	96.1%		$25,858	$1,031	$24,827
IJLA Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2570 S Blue Island	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 890-8060	95	0		78.9%	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	94 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										79.1%		$25,041	$1,029	$24,012
North Lawndale Prep Charter - Christiana	Public, Charter	9-12	1615 S Christiana Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 542-1490	258	12	21.5	—	1 (0.4%)	250 (96.9%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.5	564^th of 620 public high schools	9.0%		9	637^th of 698 public high schools	8.7%	73	32.0	15.4		16.9		25.0			17.5	98.7%		$31,966	$890	$31,076
Collins Academy STEAM High School	Public	9-12	1313 S Sacramento Dr	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-1840	228	27	8.4	97.4%	1 (0.4%)	223 (97.8%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	20.8									98.5%		$36,087	$3,245	$32,842
North Lawndale Prep Charter-Collins	Public, Charter	9-12	1615 S Christiana Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 542-6766	276	12	23.0	94.9%	1 (0.4%)	264 (95.7%)	9 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)								(n/a)										99.3%		$28,715	$2,129	$26,586
Ombudsman Chicago West	Public	9-12	3210 W Roosevelt Rd	Chicago	60624	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(312) 243-1550	0	6	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)										92.8%

Frequently Asked Questions about Spry Community Links High School

How many students attend Spry Community Links High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 82 students attended Spry Community Links High School.

What district is Spry Community Links High School in?

Chicago Public Schools District 299

What is the racial makeup of Spry Community Links High School?

Students at Spry Community Links High School are 96% Hispanic, 2% African American, 1% American Indian.

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