Lincoln Park High School (LPHS) is a public 4–year high school located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Lincoln Park High School, operated by the Chicago Public Schools district, opened its main present building in 1900. The school borders Oz Park, a public park owned by the Chicago Park District. It was formerly known as North Division High School and then Robert A. Waller High School. In 1981, the school began its International Baccalaureate (IB) program. It was one of the first schools to begin the program within the Chicago Public Schools district. By the late 1890s, the school needed more room, and construction began on the current school building in 1899. these classes began in 1995.
Academics
Lincoln Park was ranked as #96 in a 2010 Newsweek ranking of top U.S. high schools and was one of only two schools from Illinois to be listed in the top 100. Courses offered according to the IB syllabus are HL English A1, HL/SL History, HL/SL Mathematics, SL Math Studies, HL Biology, HL Chemistry, SL French A1, HL/SL Spanish B, HL/SL French B, SL/Ab Initio Arabic, SL Psychology, SL Physics, SL Music, SL Visual Arts and SL Information Technology in a Global Society. According to the 2020 US News High School Rankings, Lincoln Park is ranked 22nd in Illinois (out of 677) and received an overall score of 97.57 out of 100. Lincoln Park was also ranked #8 in Chicago Public High Schools (out of 167).
Athletics and sports
Lincoln Park competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Their school teams are named Lions. The boys' basketball were Regional champions and Class AA in (2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07). The boys' cross country were Class AA in 1984. The girls' cross country were Class AA three times (1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02). The sports offered include the following:
Boys
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- 16-inch softball
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Girls
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Cheer
- Cross Country
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Pom Pom
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Feeder patterns
Several K-8 schools feed into Lincoln Park High School. All of the attendance zones of Agassiz, Alcott, Abraham Lincoln, Manierre, Oscar Mayer Magnet School, Ogden International School, and Prescott feed into Lincoln Park. In addition portions of the zones of Ogden and Prescott feed into Lincoln Park. However, this is only for the neighborhood program, as all other programs require separate applications to be offered a place of enrollment. As well, all other programs have students enrolled from all over the city. Prior to its 2018 merger with Ogden, Jenner Academy fed into Lincoln Park High.
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- Dorothy Day, 1914 — journalist and Catholic social activist
- Ken Dunkin, 1984 — politician
- Kim Foxx, 1990 — politician
- Paul Halmos (attended) — mathematician
- Skye P. Marshall, 1999 — actress (Matlock).
- Nicholas Ray (attended) — film director
- Freddy Rodríguez, 1993 — actor
- Terrence Shannon Jr., 2018 - basketball player
- Nate Silver — football quarterback
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- Michael Thompson, 2007 — professional basketball player