William Howard Taft High School - Norwood Park - United States: Ratings, Rankings and Reviews

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William Howard Taft High School (Chicago)

Taft High School is a public four-year high school located in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Taft serves communities on the far northwest side, specifically Norwood Park, Edison Park, Jefferson Park, Forest Glen and O'Hare. Taft is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. Rydell High School in Grease (musical) is based on Taft.

Taft's NJROTC unit won a Distinguished Unit award every year from 2001 to 2014. In the late 1990s—to stanch the loss of students—Chicago Public Schools made significant changes to the school to attract more neighborhood students. These included an NJROTC unit, a selective-enrollment academic center for 7th and 8th grade students, and an International Baccalaureate Diploma program. Taft's IB program became authorized in 2001, and since 2014 has been a "wall-to-wall" IB World School.

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William Howard Taft High School
  • Country: United States
  • City: Norwood Park
  • Postal Code: 60631
  • http://www.tafths.org/
  • Date/Year Founded:
  • Named after: William Howard Taft
  • Global Ranking Score (Higher is Better): 20895
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