2024-25 Program Summary

Fund programming provides responsive support to aspiring leaders, principals, principal supervisors, and Local School Council (LSC) members to increase their positive impact on Chicago’s students.

In 2024-25, our programs are serving 199 aspiring principals, 175 principals, and 23 principal supervisors, reaching over 149,000 students in 260 district-operated and seven charter schools across the city. We are also working directly with 22 LSC members. Access our 2024-25 Program Summary report below to learn more about our current leadership development opportunities and information about our program participants and their schools. View the interactive map on our program page to see whom and where we serve.

Here are the data definitions to accompany the report.

Student Demographics Data Definitions

• Disabled Students: Students who receive special education and related services per their individualized education programs.
• Economically Disadvantaged: Students from families whose income is within 185% of the federal poverty line. This number reflects the percentage of eligible students for free or reduced-price meals.
• English Language Learners: Students who come from non-English speaking homes and who are learning English.
• Students in Temporary Living Situations: Students who do not have a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

School Data Definitions

• 90%+ Black or Latino/a/x Students: Schools where more than 90% of the student population identifies as Black or Latino/a/x.
• Student Mobility Rating: A school’s student mobility rate is the percentage of students who experienced at least one transfer in or out of the school between the first school day of October and the last school day of the year, not including graduates.
• Teacher Retention: The three-year average percentage of full-time teachers returning to the same school year to year as shown on the 2024 ISBE state report card.
• Priority Schools: Schools experiencing high churn or high student mobility, as defined in research from the University of Illinois Chicago, and low culture and climate scores, as measured by the 5Essentials.