City of Chicago

Charter School Boundaries

Geographic preference boundaries used during admissions lotteries at selected Chicago Public Schools charter schools for the 2018-2019 school year. Each record includes the geographic boundary for a preference area and details identifying the associated charter school.

Example records
NamebrandZIP CodeaddressFull NamebrandFull AddressaddressThe GeomgeospatialSchool IDregistrationBoundarygrclassificationSch TypeclassificationBrd RptregistrationObjectididentifierShape LengquantityShape Areaquantity
U OF C - NKO1119 E 46TH STU OF C - NKO1119 E 46TH STMULTIPOLYGON (((-87.61649640523845 41.805741856454400076PK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Charter08-0123-EX4; 11-0223-EX31632364.790642149303940.305
NOBLE - ITW SPEER HS2456 N MANGO AVE, 60639NOBLE - ITW SPEER HS2456 N MANGO AVE, 60639MULTIPOLYGON (((-87.8065516565597 42.01871833709174001699, 10, 11, 12Charter14-0423-EX1015256487.009038993025829.205
U OF C - WOODLAWN HS6420 S UNIVERSITY AVE, 60637U OF C - WOODLAWN HS6420 S UNIVERSITY AVE, 60637MULTIPOLYGON (((-87.57283514404952 41.7792807466294000776, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Charter06-0322-EX111439089.508209444476135.0937
Use cases

Charter School Footprint Mapping for EdTech Market Entry

An EdTech sales team evaluating Chicago as a target market maps charter school preference boundaries against neighborhood demographics to estimate the number of households within each school's admissions catchment area, helping prioritize outreach to schools with the largest addressable student populations.

NameThe GeomBoundarygrSchool IDFull Address

Real Estate Underwriting Near Charter School Zones

A mortgage underwriter assessing a residential property checks whether the address falls within a charter school preference boundary, since proximity to a preferred admissions zone can affect neighborhood desirability and property valuation assumptions in the underwriting model.

The GeomNameBoundarygrFull Address

Vendor Due Diligence on Charter School Operators

A fintech lender extending credit to a charter school management organization verifies the operator's physical locations and the geographic scope of their schools against public records, checking that the addresses and school IDs on file match authoritative government data before finalizing the loan.

NameSchool IDFull AddressBrd RptSch Type
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