OGDEN INT'L SCHOOL OF CHICAGO Go back
1443 N OGDEN AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60610
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Phone: 773-534-8110
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 8
  • Educational Climate: Above Average
  • Technology Measure: Medium
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Kindergarten - 8th Grade
  • District: Chicago Public School District 299
  • Students/Teacher: NOT REPORTED
  • Students/Grade: 51
  • Number Students: 459
  • Number Teachers: NOT REPORTED
  • Number Classrooms: 25
  • Expense/Pupil: $6,300.00 - 6,799.99
  • Poverty Level: 16 - 29.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 30
  • Number PCs: 013
  • Number Macs: 017
  • Principal: Mr Kenneth Staral
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
  • MAGNET SCHOOL
School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (25 ratings)
Maximum Rating: 5




    School Reviews (34 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-08-05
    "Great school! I wish I had known about Ogden before spending a fortune paying for private schools for my older kids. My youngest son received a great education at Ogden. Ogden is sort of an unsung gem in the CPS system -- offering a great academic program, a diverse and talented student population, engaged and talented teachers and a strong group of supportive parents. The grade school campus (brand new facility this year) is located in the heart of Chicago's most expensive area and competes with several elite private schools in the area, each with tuition ranging from $25,000 to $30,000 for 2012. Ogden offers an International baccalaureate program for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. The program offers an intensive study of english, social studies, laboratory science, mathematics, world language (French, Chinese or Spanish), technology, arts, physical education, library science, and advanced research. Odgen's high school is fairly new, so the class size is much smaller than most of Chicago's public high schools. The curriculum is a solid college preparatory program."
    Other Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-04-30
    "This school is a dump! I hated being held there everyday against my will. I was always getting robbed by those little delinquents. There's kids running through the hallways screaming like animals. DON'T SEND YOUR KIDS HERE! They sent me to an insane asylum because I didn't agree with them."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-03-28
    "My son is completing 8th grade this year, having tested into Ogden's international gifted program for 6th grade. We left our neighborhood school with a heavy heart but knew our son needed to be challenged academically. The international gifted program certainly provided the challenge and rigor we were looking for. To be perfectly candid, some of my son's teachers are the type of teachers he will remember for the rest of his life: passionate, engaged, treats each student as an individual. A few did not, perhaps because they did not live up to our expectations compared to the other great teachers. I sometimes wonder if my son's experience at Ogden would have been even better if he hadn't lived through all the building changes, new construction, Carpenter acquisition, etc. Mr. Staral & Co. dealt with the upheaval brilliantly, but I still think the period of transition impacted my son's education in a negative way. Lots of busses to and fro, limited after-school activities, routine changing every year. It was a lot of change to digest. My son is accepted into Lincoln Park High School IB program next year. Thank you Mr. Laredo and Mr. McCormick."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-03-27
    "The quality of teachers is above average. They are demanding and they work hard to push your kids. However, some teachers also play blatant favoritism that appears to benefit "neighborhood" kids vs. kids admitted via the IB/IG program. I notice that although kids admitted through testing have higher ISAT scores, they have lower grades than neighborhood kids. The could be a real problem for 7th grade students whose grades are important for applying for selective enrollment high schools. The principal and some administrative staff are great at raising publicity or funds, moderately successful at managing the staff and faculty but are quite indifferent to the well-being of kids. I had a few very unpleasant dealings with the principal or VP. It took them a long time to respond to my formal (in writing) complaints. They never implemented the resolutions we all agreed upon during the meeting. I have no doubt that they are extremely capably professionals. I do question where their hearts are and whether their successes, i.e. expanding the school, constructing a new building, and constantly traveling abroad, have distracted them from the real goals of education."
    Other Review | Rating:
    Posted 2010-09-27
    "I attend this school as a Sophomore, in the Ogden International Highschool. I LOVE Ogden. It's one of the best schools that you can possibly go too. Besides, the sometimes anger led by another student, we actually all get along with each other at the end of the day. It's a great school if you want your child to go to a small highschool. It's also a really good learning environment, I now have a Gpa of 3.0."
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