How do you get into Noble - Hansberry College Prep?

Rank it on your GoCPS application by November 13. Noble - Hansberry College Prep offers International Baccalaureate (IB) — each program has its own admission route, and several take no admissions test at all.

Does Noble - Hansberry College Prep 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.

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Noble - Hansberry College Prep

8748 S ABERDEEN ST · 509 students · grades 9-12

By the numbers

Graduate in 4 years

87%

district 86% (+2)

Enroll in college

71%

district 65% (+6)

CPS status

Not Applicable

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 NOBLE - HANSBERRY HS

Hansberry College Prep, the first public charter in the state of Illinois to be recognized as an IB school, believes students to be unstoppable and thus prepares them through rigorous college preparatory curricula that enables them to graduate from this nation's top ranked colleges, strengthen the communities from which they come, and be agents of change in this world. Hansberry offers a competitive dance program, a building sports program and an International Baccalaureate curriculum.

8748 S ABERDEEN ST, Chicago, IL 60620 · 7737293400

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Programs you can apply to here

International Baccalaureate (IB)

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 Noble - Hansberry College Prep?: Rank it on your GoCPS application by November 13. Noble - Hansberry College Prep offers International Baccalaureate (IB) — each program has its own admission route, and several take no admissions test at all.
Does Noble - Hansberry College Prep 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

Perspectives - High School of Technology · 0.8 mi
Perspectives - Leadership Academy · 0.8 mi
CICS - Longwood · 0.9 mi
Neal F Simeon Career Academy High School · 1.1 mi
YCCS-Community Youth Development Institute HS · 1.3 mi
CICS - Ralph Ellison · 1.3 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.

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