There are several types of high schools in the district, including neighborhood, career academy, charter, contract, magnet, military academy, selective enrollment, small and special education.
[1] Chicago Public Schools offers a wide variety of choices for elementary school students, including neighborhood, academic centers, charter, classical, contract, international gifted program, magnet, regional gifted center, small and special education.
[9] Academic centers are housed in high schools and provide a college preparatory program for academically gifted and talented seventh and eighth grade students.
There are seven academic centers:[10] The instructional program in classical schools is accelerated and highly structured for strong academic achievement in literature, mathematics, language arts, world language, and the humanities.
There are seven classical schools:[11] There are eleven regional gifted centers:[12]