New Study Names Best School In The Chicago Area

By The Center Square Staff:

Parents want the best for their children, including the best school experience. This, of course, includes getting good grades and performing well on state and college entry exams, but that is not all.

Students also benefit from a positive school culture, participating in extracurricular activities, having individualized attention from teachers and counselors, and learning in a diverse environment.

Though there are hundreds of excellent schools across the country, each major city and metropolitan area has one school that stands out as the best in its area.

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools ranks as the top school in the Chicago area. It is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, just west of Lake Michigan. The school has just over 2,000 students, from pre-K through 12th grade.

The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8:1, less than half the ratio at the typical American school. Students benefit from smaller class sizes, as they are able to receive more specialized attention if they struggle with a concept, often boosting their academic performance.

To determine the best schools by city, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 2022 K-12 School & District Rankings from Niche, a platform for education data. The Niche ranking is based on academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as reviews submitted to Niche. City boundaries are based on Census Bureau definitions for places. We identified the best school in every city for the 50 largest U.S. cities based on five-year population data from the Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey.

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