ROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE 2025-26 CEEB CODE 143-009
MISSION Rochelle Zell Jewish High School creates a culture of academic excellence that inspires and prepares our students to think critically, achieve their full potential, and live Judaism as responsible and involved citizens in the modern world.
LEADERSHIP Tony Frank, Head of School, tfrank@rzjhs.org Jason Loeb, Academic Dean, jloeb@rzjhs.org Ellen Grindel, Co-Director of College Counseling, egrindel1@rzjhs.org Jessica Rosenberg, Co-Director of College Counseling, jrosenberg1@rzjhs.org
GENERAL INFORMATION Rochelle Zell Jewish High School (RZJHS), located 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, is a private, full-day, co-educational high school for students in grades nine through twelve. Rochelle Zell opened its doors in 2001 to 26 students. In the fall of 2007, Rochelle Zell moved to a permanent, state-of-the-art campus located on 7.3 acres in Deerfield. In November 2015, Chicagoland Jewish High School changed its name to Rochelle Zell Jewish High School. For the 2025-2026 school year, enrollment is 135 students drawn from over 20 communities throughout Chicago and its suburbs. Roughly 80% of our students advance to Rochelle Zell from Jewish day schools. The remaining students attended local public and private schools before Rochelle Zell.
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES 2021- 2025 (bold denotes matriculation) American University Bates College Beloit College Binghamton University Boston University Bradley University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Butler University University of California-Irvine University of California-San Diego University of California-Santa Barbara Carleton College Case Western Reserve University University of Central Florida Chapman University College of Charleston University of Chicago University of Cincinnati Clark University Colgate University University of Colorado Boulder Colorado School of Mines Columbia University in the City of New York Columbia University and Tel Aviv University Dual Degree Program University of Connecticut Dartmouth College University of Delaware Denison University University of Denver DePaul University
Drexel University Duke University Elmira College Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Emerson College Emory University FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Florida State University University of Florida University of Georgia Grinnell College Harvard University High Point University Hofstra University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois State University Indiana University University of Iowa Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University University of Kansas Knox College Lake Forest College Lawrence University Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Loyola University Chicago Macalester College Marquette University
University of Maryland-College Park School of the Art Institute of Chicago Massachusetts Institute of Skidmore College Technology Smith College McGill University University of South Carolina Miami University-Oxford University of South Florida University of Miami University of Southern California Michigan State University Stanford University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Syracuse University University of Minnesota The University of Tampa University of Missouri The University of Tennessee Mount Holyoke College The University of Texas at Austin Muhlenberg College The George Washington University New York University The New School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Ohio State University Northeastern Illinois University Touro College Northeastern University Trinity College Northwestern University Tufts University University of Notre Dame Tulane University of Louisiana Oberlin College United States Military Academy West Point Ohio Wesleyan University University of Oregon Pennsylvania State University Vanderbilt University University of Pennsylvania Vassar College University of Pittsburgh University of Vermont University of Puget Sound University of Virginia Purdue University Wake Forest University Reed College Washington University in St Louis Reichman University (IDC Herzliya) University of Washington-Seattle Campus Rice University Whitman College University of Richmond University of Wisconsin-Madison Rochester Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee University of Rochester Yale University Rutgers University Yeshiva University San Diego State University Santa Clara University
1095 Lake Cook Road | Deerfield, IL 60015 847.470.6700 | tigers@rzjhs.org | www.rzjhs.org