City of Chicago

Schools (deprecated 2012)

Name: Schools (deprecated 2012)
Creator: City of Chicago

A directory of schools in Chicago, with data last updated in 2012. Each record includes the primary school name, street address, and a secondary school name if applicable.

Example records

Namebrand	Alternate Namebrand	Street Addressaddress	Definitionclassification	Gradesclassification	School2 Primary Addressaddress	School2 Gradesclassification	School2 Definitionclassification
Henson	Olive CPC	1326 S Avers Av	Public Schools	E	1326 S Avers Av	E	Public Schools
Medill Primary		1301 W 14th St	Public Schools	E
Collins HS		1313 S Sacramento Dr	Public Schools	HS

Use cases

Neighborhood Footprint Analysis for EdTech Sales Teams

A sales analyst at an educational software company maps school locations and grade bands across Chicago ZIP codes to prioritize outreach, identifying which neighborhoods have the highest concentration of elementary versus secondary schools and whether they are public or private.

NameStreet AddressGradesDefinitionAlternate Name

Address Deduplication for Vendor Credentialing

A procurement officer at a school supplies distributor cross-references their customer list against this directory to confirm that billing addresses correspond to real, named school facilities and to flag accounts where multiple school names share a single address, which may indicate consolidation or data entry errors.

NameStreet AddressAlternate NameSchool2 Primary AddressSchool3 Primary Address

Insurance Underwriting for School Facility Policies

An underwriter assessing a commercial property policy for a Chicago school operator uses the directory to verify that the insured facility name and address match a known public school record, and checks whether multiple school programs operate at the same site, which affects occupancy classification and liability exposure.

NameStreet AddressDefinitionAlternate NameSchool2 Definition