The North Kenwood/Oakland Charter School is run by the Center for School Improvement at the University of Chicago. It serves pre-kindergarten through eighth grade children, following an educational program based on the literacy and mathematics initiatives of the Center for School Improvement.

Who We Are We are The Chicago Academy, a CPS contract school, the first of its kind in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. Located in the former Wright Community College building at 3400 North Austin Boulevard, The Chicago Academy opened its doors in September 2001 and currently enrolls 308 pre-kindergarten through fourth grade students. There are twenty-four students per classroom and ...