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Chicago elementary and secondary schools

There are 738 preschool, elementary, and secondary schools in the greater Chicago metro area, including the cities of Chicago, Bolingbrook, Des Plaines, Elgin, Evanston, Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Schaumburg, Skokie, and Gary within the states of Illinois and Indiana. Combined, these Chicago metro elementary and secondary schools employ 29,833 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $4 billion.
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Types of elementary and secondary schools in Chicago

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Preschool, elementary, and secondary schools
 
738
 
$2,656,921,434
Special education schools and programs
 
217
 
$366,030,736
Nurseries, preschools, and kindergartens
 
160
 
$217,161,692
Elementary and primary schools
 
105
 
$333,577,175
High schools and secondary schools
 
65
 
$387,254,315
Charter schools
 
63
 
$1,176,152,932
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Job trends for Chicago elementary and secondary schools

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
40
1-10
 
32
11-25
 
83
26-100
 
133
101 to 1,000
 
73
1,000+
 
3
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Sizes of elementary and secondary schools in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
76
$250k to $1M
 
102
$1M to $5M
 
119
$5M to $25M
 
86
$25M to $100M
 
18
$100M+
 
4
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Directory of elementary and secondary schools in Chicago

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Francis W Parker School

Francis W. Parker School is an independent school serving students who live in the Chicago area from kindergarten through twelfth (senior year in high school) grade.
Revenue
$50.3m
Assets
$190.8m
Employees
418
EIN
36-2171732
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Avery Coonley School (ACS)

The Avery Coonley School (ACS) is an independent school whose mission is to provide a learning environment that is appropriate both for academically bright and gifted children who are motivated to learn.
Revenue
$12.1m
Assets
$19.6m
Employees
173
EIN
36-2171680
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Near North Montessori (NNM)

Near North Montessori educates the human potential through a partnership between home and school that fosters intellectual growth, independence, responsibility, and a sense of self-worth.
Revenue
$15.9m
Assets
$36.3m
Employees
185
EIN
36-2535895
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School

Since opening their doors as a charter school in 2001, LEARN has grown from one school serving 110 students to a thriving network of 9 charter schools serving 4,000 students in grades PK-8 across Chicagoland.
Revenue
$83.1m
Assets
$103.2m
Employees
693
EIN
36-4439074
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Keshet

Keshet is one of a few organizations in the u.s. where kids with disabilities can begin programs at the age of three and continue throughout adulthood.
Revenue
$20.0m
Assets
$31.3m
Employees
362
EIN
36-3441392
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Latin School of Chicago

Latin School of Chicago provides its students with a rigorous and innovative educational program in a community that embraces diversity of people, cultures and ideas.
Revenue
$54.2m
Assets
$154.2m
Employees
659
EIN
36-2258525
IRS type
501(c)(3)

North Shore Country Day School (NSCDS)

North Shore Country Day School is a JK-12 community rooted in tradition that challenges each member to develop a passion for active, life-long learning and respect for others.
Revenue
$28.8m
Assets
$100.6m
Employees
292
EIN
36-1558460
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Glenwood Academy (GA)

Glenwood Academy is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, private residential education community for children in grades 2 - 8 that are academically capable but come from challenging circumstances.
Revenue
$7.9m
Assets
$95.3m
Employees
118
EIN
36-2167087
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chiaravalle Montessori School

Chiaravalle Montessori School provides families with a quality child-centered education based on the philosophy and methods of Maria Montessori.
Revenue
$9.2m
Assets
$21.8m
Employees
88
EIN
36-2580506
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Search Incorporated

Search Incorporated empowers individuals with intellectual disabilities to achieve their full potential, accept a valued role in their community and lead rich, rewarding lives.
Revenue
$27.6m
Assets
$31.4m
Employees
327
EIN
23-7058758
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Intrinsic Schools

Intrinsic is a Chicago charter school using technology to personalize education, preparing students for postsecondary success and offering a sustainable implementation roadmap.
Revenue
$35.2m
Assets
$77.2m
Employees
243
EIN
45-5454261
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lycee Francais De Chicago

The Lycee Francais de Chicago provides its students with a rigorous bilingual education in a dynamic and welcoming multicultural community.
Revenue
$23.3m
Assets
$52.1m
Employees
289
EIN
36-4002001
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Concept Schools NFP

Based in Chicago, Concept Schools is a not-for-profit charter management organization that manages 27 successful, K-12, tuition-free charter schools in the Midwest.
Revenue
$67.1m
Assets
$112.3m
Employees
490
EIN
03-0503751
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Acero Charter Schools (UCSN)

UNO leads the transformation of the Hispanic Community toward an educated, powerful and prosperous citizenry by engaging and challenging it to redefine its potential and its legacy in metropolitan Chicago and the United States of America.
Revenue
$124.4m
Assets
$110.3m
Employees
867
EIN
36-4235934
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Noble Schools

Noble Network of Charter Schools is a nonprofit organization that runs 17 charter public high schools and one middle school in the city of Chicago. They serve over 12,000 students, and they come from every neighborhood in the city.
Revenue
$238.8m
Assets
$268.6m
Employees
2,146
EIN
36-4241970
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago City Day School

The Chicago City Day School is an independent, elementary school with an academic program that is rigorous yet sensitive to the individual needs and abilities of children.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$33.6m
Employees
46
EIN
36-3127582
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wheaton Academy (WA)

The mission of Wheaton Academy is to nurture growth in their students through relationships, excellence, and service to the glory of God.
Revenue
$26.7m
Assets
$67.9m
Employees
250
EIN
36-2388793
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS)

At Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS), they believe that rigorous academics can be taught in dynamic ways that allow students to experience the joy and the excitement that is at the heart of so many enduring learning experiences.
Revenue
$19.3m
Assets
$65.6m
Employees
131
EIN
36-2415685
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cristo Rey Network

The Cristo Rey Network is comprised of 26 high schools that provide quality, Catholic, college preparatory education to urban young people who live in communities with limited educational options.
Revenue
$21.2m
Assets
$29.2m
Employees
38
EIN
04-3730980
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chicago Hope Academy

Co-ed Christian prep school in Chicago for grades 9-12, focusing on academic excellence alongside spiritual and athletic growth.
Revenue
$9.7m
Assets
$37.8m
Employees
71
EIN
36-4244054
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "B20: Elementary, Secondary Education" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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