Grades 9-12 Phone +1 773-534-3030 Number of students 1,509 | Established 1919 Principal Stephen Joseph Ngo Gender Coed | |
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Steinmetz college prep hs the choice of tomorrow
Steinmetz College Prep (also known as Steinmetz High School or Steinmetz Academic Centre) is a public 4–year high school located in Montclare, in the Belmont Cragin community area on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois. Steinmetz is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. The school is named for the German-American mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz. The school opened in 1919.
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Steinmetz is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme school. The school has an active Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).
The school is located in a four story building.
History
In 1995 the school had 2,237 students, with around equal numbers of black, Hispanic and Latino, and white students, making it the sixth-largest high school in Chicago.
In 2016, 22 Steinmetz students participated in the Kakehashi Cultural Exchange Program trip to Japan. The award-winning 2010 documentary Louder Than a Bomb (film) features the Steinmetz team competing in and winning the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam. The 2000 television movie Cheaters is based on a 1995 Academic Decathlon scandal that involved the school. Parts of the movie were filmed (without permission) at Steinmetz.
Athletics
Steinmetz competes in the Chicago Public League and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Steinmetz sport teams are nicknamed the Streaks. The boys' baseball team were Public League champions during the 1974 –75 season. The boys' cross country team were Public League champions in the 1949–50 and 1991–92 seasons.
Notable alumni
More notable alumni are featured each month on the Steinmetz Alumni Association website's Alumni Spotlight feature.