Ravenswood is a neighborhood located on the North Side of the city of
Chicago, Illinois
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. Lacking designation as one of Chicago's 77
well-defined community areas, it is mostly situated in the
Lincoln Square community area, with the portion east of Ravenswood Avenue and the Chicago & Northwestern/
Union Pacific North Line railroad tracks being situated in the
Uptown
Uptown may refer to:
Neighborhoods or regions in several cities
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community area.
Ravenswood was founded in 1868 as an exclusive commuter suburb by a group of real-estate speculators. These speculators formed the Ravenswood Land Company and purchased 194 acres of farmland and woods eight miles north of Chicago. The woods supported a population of ravens. Ravenswood is known for its courtyard-style residential buildings. Once considered an "up and coming" neighborhood, Ravenswood has seen its real estate values skyrocket since the 1990s.
Arts and cultural sites
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Lillstreet Art Center
Education
Residents in Ravenswood are zoned to the campuses of the
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the third-largest school district in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles.
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* Ravenswood Elementary School (PK-8)
** Ravenswood Elementary was established in 1873 as Sulzer Street School; Sulzer Street was later renamed Montrose Avenue. The school adopted its current name in 1893, when 12 classrooms were added to the building. In 1912 and 1913 wings on the north and south sides of the building, consisting of 12 rooms, were built. The school received additional land in 1923; this land was acquired by CPS in 1910. From 1912 to a period in the 1930s, junior high school level students attended classes at Stockton School instead of Ravenswood School, and in turn first year students (freshmen) from
Lake View High School, which was overcrowded, attended classes at the Ravenswood building. Ravenswood Elementary has 500 students.
* Mc Pherson Elementary School (K - 8)
* Those west of Ashland are zoned to
Amundsen High School
Roald Amundsen High School is a public 4–year high school located between the Ravenswood, Andersonville and Lincoln Square neighborhoods in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1929, Amundsen is a part of Chicago Public Schools district ...
while others are zoned to
Senn High SchoolHS North/Near North
" Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the third-largest school district in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles.
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References
External links
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Ravenswood Elementary School
Neighborhoods in Chicago
Populated places established in 1868
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