ACADEMICS
As students learn and grow at LFA, our curriculum builds upon a foundation that creates individualized experiences, enhances critical and empathetic thinking skills, and fosters their interests. Choice is key in this process, and each student’s academic journey is unique.
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Average Class Size 6 :1 Student to Faculty Ratio 10 0 + Courses
Cur r i culum 32
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National Mer it Semifinalists
Median ACT Score
Advanced Placement Courses
2 4 Travel Oppor tunities
Art History Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC Chemistry
Chinese Language
Computer Science A Computer Science Principles
Economics
English Language
English Literature
Environmental Science
French Language
Music Theory
Physics C: Mechanics
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Precalculus Psychology
Spanish Language
Spanish Literature Statistics
U.S. Government and Comparative Politics
U.S. History
World History
S pr ing Bre ak Tr ip s
• New York City (Choir)
• O l y m p i c Na t i on al Park ( A P E n v. Science )
• Puerto Rico (A P Spanish)
• Ecuador
• Ireland
• South Korea
• Hawaii C ur r i cu la r Tr ips
• Field Museum
• A r t Inst i tute of Chicago
• I S A C Museum at the University of Chicago
• Nor t hwes ter n Unive r si ty Invite Journalism Day
• Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
Independent Studies
Independent studies provide students opportunities to work with LFA faculty to pursue more advanced level course work, seek additional in-depth subject matter, or explore a subject not offered.
Recent independent studies courses include Filmmaking, Artificial Intelligence, Vector Analysis, Game Theory, Kinesiology, Applied Data Analytics and Acting, Analysis and Directing on Shakespeare.
Academic Clubs
• Future Business Leaders of America ( F B LA) – nine students earned a top 10 finish in the Illinois State Leadership Conference, and eight received an invi ta t ion to the national competition in 20 2 5
• Math Team – Second place at the 2025 I CTM Regionals Competition
• Model UN – LFA is one of only three schools to have participated in all 37 years of Model UN of the University of Chicago (MUNUC)
• Robotics – Competes annually in the First Robotics Competition
• Science Olympiad – Places annually at the Illinois State Tournament
• Spectator Newspaper – 2024 recipient of Best of Student News O r ga n i za t ion (SNO) Award
MAT RICUL AT ION
Top 15 places for Classes of 202 2-25 include:
Universit y of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign (2 4 ), New York University (18 ), Nor thwestern Universit y (17 ), University of Southern California (12 ), Northeastern University (11), Wake Forest Universit y ( 10 ), Washington University –St. Louis (10 ), Indiana University (9), Purdue University (9), University of Michigan (9), University of California Davis (8), Boston University (7), Southern Methodist University ( 7 ), University of Miami ( 7 ), Harvard University ( 7 )
These are the institutions to which students have enrolled over the past four years. The bolded names are where multiple LFA alumni currently attend.
Alma College
Amherst College
Amsterdam University College
Arizona State University
Auburn University
Augustana College
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Black Hawk College
Boston College
Boston Universit y
Brandeis Universit y
Brown Universit y
Bucknell Universit y
Butler Universit y
California Institute of Technology
Canisius University
Carleton College
Carleton University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carroll College
Case Western Reserve
Uni ver sity
Central Michigan University
Chapman University
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
Colgate University
College of Charleston
College of the Holy Cross
Colorado College
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Denison University
DePaul University
Drake University
Drexel University
Duke University
Elon University
Emerson College
Emory University
Felician University
George Washington
University
Ge o r ge t own University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grinnell College
Har vard University
Har vey Mudd College
Haverford College
Howard University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
King's College London
Lafayette College
Lake Forest College
Lake Superior State University
Lawrence University
Lehigh University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Chicago
Macalester College
Malcolm X College
Marquette University
Marshall University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
Menlo College
Miami University, Oxford
Michigan State University
Minerva University
Minot State University
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
New York University
North Carolina State University
Nor theastern University
Nor t hwestern Universit y
NYU Shanghai
Occidental College
Olin College of Engineering
Otterbein University
Oxford College of Emory
University
Parsons School of Design at The New School
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Point Loma Nazarene University
Pomona College
Pratt Institute
Purdue University
Queen's University
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Rice University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rollins College
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Sacred Heart University
Saint John Fisher University
Santa Clara University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scripps College
Southern Methodist University
Stanford University
Stonehill College
SUNY Geneseo
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Texas Christian University
The American University of Paris
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The University of West Florida
Trinity College Dublin
Tufts University
Tulane University of Louisiana
Union College
United States Military Academy at West Point
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
University of British Columbia
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of California,
Santa Barbara
University of Chicago
University of Denver
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Dubuque
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Massachusetts, Boston
University of Melbourne
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri, Columbia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of St Andrews
University of Sydney
University of Toronto
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Uniwersytet Wroclawski
Upper Iowa University
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wells College
Western University
Wheaton College, Massachusetts
Wheeling University
William & Mary
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University Visit
