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Nicholas Senn High School
5900 N GLENWOOD AVE · 1,499 students · grades 9-12
By the numbers
Graduate in 4 years
89%
district 86% (+3)
Enroll in college
75%
district 65% (+10)
CPS status
Good Standing
district accountability
CPS publishes no school ranking — it retired its 1+/1/2+ levels — so these sit beside the district average rather than a position in a list.
About SENN HS
Senn is a Wall-to-Wall IB World School that offers the IB Middle Years and Diploma Programmes, a selective IB Diploma Prep Program, and a Magnet Fine and Performing Arts Program. Students living within the attendance boundary are eligible for the Design program, IB Career Programme and CTE Gaming.
5900 N GLENWOOD AVE, Chicago, IL 60660 · 7735342365
Programs you can apply to here
You apply to a program, not just to a school — and several of these take no admissions test.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you get into Nicholas Senn High School?
- Rank it on your GoCPS application by November 13. Nicholas Senn High School offers Fine & Performing Arts, International Baccalaureate (IB) — each program has its own admission route, and several take no admissions test at all.
- Does Nicholas Senn High School have a ranking?
- No — and neither does any CPS school. The district retired its 1+/1/2+ school levels, so any ranking you see comes from a third party, not CPS. What CPS does publish is on this page: the graduation and college-enrollment rates beside the district average.
Closest other high schools
- Roger C Sullivan High School · 0.9 mi
- Roald Amundsen High School · 1.2 mi
- YCCS-Truman Middle College HS · 1.7 mi
- Chicago Math and Science Academy Charter School · 1.7 mi
- Uplift Community High School · 1.8 mi
- Stephen T Mather High School · 1.8 mi
School facts, graduation and college-enrollment rates come from the City of Chicago open data portal, refreshed 2026-09-12. The official source of truth for admissions is cps.edu/gocps.