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About Selective Enrollment
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The Process
- Contact your CPS Elementary School Counselor
- Admissions Hotline Phone Number: 773-553-2240
- Application Deadline -- Postmarked by TBD
- Testing Begins: TBD
- Notification of Results Mailed: TBD
- Parents' Deadline to Notify Schools: TBD
The Selective Enrollment Composite Score
- Nationally Normed 7th Grade Test = 300 points
- Seventh Grade Final Grades = 300 points
- Seventh Grade Attendance = 100 points
- Entrance Examination = 300 points
- Perfect Score is 1000 points
Requirements to Sit for Examination
- A minimum stanine 5, in both reading and math, on the student's most recent nationally normed standardized test.
- English Language Learners or Special Education students with an existing IEP meet our minimum requirements for examination if they have a combined stanine of 10 in reading and math.
- All IEPs must be on file prior by the application deadline in order for students to receive testing accommodations. There are no retroactive accommodations.
Best Practices
- Critically assess your child's overall academic competitiveness for this program. And, as with any assessment of which high schools a student would like to attend, make sure they will meet the needs, interests, and abilities of the child.
Apply to up to four selective enrollment schools in order of highest preference based on the initial assessment.
- Take part in additional high school entrance processes. For instance, magnet high schools, International Baccalaureate, Military Academies, Career Academies, etc.
- Consider multiple options for your child! Apply to as many high schools that meet the needs, interests, and abilities of your child.
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