[8] Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take a test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission.

It was founded in 1908 and dedicated on Washington's Birthday in 1909, as the Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School.

[11] This building, designed by Board of Education Architect Dwight H. Perkins, stood at Sedgwick Avenue and Division Street.

On its dedication day, September 17, 1934,[5] the student body—over 9,000 boys—and faculty gathered at Wrigley Field and from there walked en masse several miles west to the new campus.

Lane changed its educational policy to help ensure that the United States would not fall behind the Soviets in science and technology.

[5] In 1971, changes were made to the admission policy due to a drop in enrollment and lack of technical schools for girls.

To solve the issue, Superintendent James Redmond recommended that girls be admitted to Lane Tech.

Due to a fear of having a drop in academic achievement, 1,500 male students protested the admission but the decision was not changed.

[5] Lane Tech is located on a 33-acre (13 ha) campus at the intersection of Addison Street and Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.

[20] Lane Tech College Prep is rated a 8 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site.

Lane offers many sports including, but not limited to baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling, women's rugby,[22] and water polo.