Chicago Public Schools

Search #1 – Search for your home school based on your address

This search allows the user to enter their home address and will show the appropriate attendance area schools based on the address submitted by the user.

Step 1: Enter the required address fields

Enter your home address by filling in the appropriate boxes.

All fields should be entered as follows: Example: 125 S Clark St

Click ‘Find Your Home School’.

Step 2: Select the Appropriate Address

The user will be asked to Select the appropriate address. If the address was entered incorrectly, the user will receive a popup message requesting the user to try again, or contact (773) 553-3270 if the problem persists. Occasionally addresses are valid but are not recognized in the City of Chicago address table.

Step 3: Click the correct address

The user will be returned with school information which corresponds to the student’s corresponding home schools. Select the school which matches the grade level of the student.

Step 4: Select the relevant school by clicking the School Name

The map will now zoom to the corresponding school’s attendance area.

The attendance boundary is highlighted in red.

The school name will also be highlighted in red and the address entered will be highlighted in yellow.

Step 5 (Optional): Search Again

Use this button to return to the Search Menu.

Search # 2 – Search for schools near the vicinity of your address

This search allows the user to enter an address to search for schools within the vicinity of the address entered.

Step 1: Enter the required address fields

Enter your home address by filling in the appropriate boxes.

All fields should be entered as follows: Example: 125 S Clark St

Click “Find Schools Within Your Vicinity”

Step 2: Select the Appropriate Address

Search results will return all schools within the vicinity of the requested address.

Step 3: Zoom to a school by clicking on the school name.

The map will display all of the schools within the search radius.

The address entered will be centered within the search radius.

The school selected will be highlighted in red.

Step 4 (Optional): Search Again

Use this button to return to the Search Menu.

Search #3 – Search by School Name

This search allows the user to search for a school by school name.

Step 1:

From the dropdown list of school names, select the school of your choice.

Step 2:

Once the selected school is shown, click on the button “Show School”.

Step 3:

The search results will display information about the selected school.

Step 4:

Click on the school name to display the school location on the map.

Step 5 (Optional): Search Again

Use this button to return to the Search Menu.

Search #4 – Search by Programs

This search allows the user to pick from a list of schools by Program Type.

Step 1:

From the dropdown list of program types, select the program type of your choice.

Step 2:

Once the selected program type is shown, click on the button “Show School”. The user will be returned with school information which corresponds to the selected program type.

Step 3:

Click on the school name to display the school location on the map.

Step 4 (Optional): Search Again

Use this button to return to the Search Menu.

Tools

Tool/Button	Action	Result	Information Returned
Zoom In	Click once in the map to zoom in on a particular location or click, hold and drag a box to define a ‘zoom in’ area. The ‘Zoom In’ tool is the default tool selected when the map initially opens.	The Map Frame will refresh and the area of interest will appear ‘closer’. Layer rendering may be triggered resulting in new layers being added to the map frame, resulting in a dynamic change of the table of contents frame.	Refreshed Map – zoomed in to desired area
Zoom Out	Click once in the map to zoom out. The ‘Zoom Out’ tool centers the map on the position where you click the mouse. Click, hold and drag to return to the full extent of the map.	The Map Frame will refresh and the area of interest will appear ‘further away’. Layer rendering may be triggered resulting in layers being deleted from the map frame, resulting in a dynamic change of the table of contents frame.	Refreshed Map – zoomed out to desired area
View Entire City	Click once to bring back the map to the entire City of Chicago view.	The Map Frame will refresh and full extent of the city will be shown. Layer rendering may be triggered resulting in layers being deleted from the map frame, resulting in a dynamic change of the table of contents frame.	Refreshed Map displayed with the entire City boundary
Pan the Map	Click and drag in the map window to move around the city.	The Map Frame will refresh and the area of interest will be shown.	Refreshed Map
Identify (tool)	Click once on the map to retrieve information.	Information for schools, Community Area, Ward and Library will be returned.
Print Map	Creates a map image for printing from browser.	The map contains the main map frame, the locator or toggle map frame, and a legend that includes all visible data layers.	A printed map.
Map Library	User clicks this button and a new pop-up window will appear.	The window displays a list of map choices such as Elementary Area 1, or High School Region 4. Additionally, an 8^1/2 x 11 or 11 x 17 page size can be chosen.	A .pdf file that the user can save to his/her own computer, or print directly.
Clear Selection	User clicks this button to remove all previous selected features.	The Map Frame will refresh and all selected features will be removed.	Refreshed Map
Previous Extent	User clicks this button to return to the previous view (extent)	The Map Frame will refresh and the previous area of interest will be shown.	Refreshed Map
View City Location	Turns display of overview map (small map window in the upper-left corner of the map frame), containing entire City of Chicago, view on or off.	The map frame refreshes to either show or hide the overview map.	A refreshed map without the overview map on the map frame.