The Latin School is a diverse community of learners with students from throughout Chicago and its suburbs. A student/faculty ratio of 8:1 ensures that every student receives the personal attention needed to succeed. Typically, 100 percent of Latin graduates go on to college.

From the start students are academically challenged with a core curriculum. World language instruction begins in junior kindergarten and regular computer instruction starts in first grade. Integrated learning takes place at all levels. A featured course for ninth graders, for example, is an interdisciplinary humanities class that combines history, literature, performing arts, and studio art.

The affective education program at Latin begins in kindergarten and continues through the Middle and Upper School years. It encourages children to consider various points of view; discuss their feelings; respect differences among people; and participate responsibly and cooperatively within small groups and the larger community. This kind of moral development is further fostered through the Service Learning Program in which all tenth graders are required to complete 40 hours of community service in conjunction with classroom discussions and reflection.

The Latin School is an urban campus, located adjacent to Lincoln Park. Latin’s two academic buildings, Lower School building at 1531 N. Dearborn Parkway and the Middle/Upper School building at 59 W. North Blvd, include modern classrooms; state-of-the-art science, language, and computer labs; a performing arts wing including a 500-seat theatre; gallery space; two libraries; three gymnasia; a rooftop playground; a dance studio; a swimming pool; an extensive photography lab; and four art studios. Latin has a campus-wide computer network of more than 500 computers.