On Saturday I showed townhouses in the Lakeview and Lincoln Park areas of Chicago to a woman relocating here from Memphis with her two children. The son is in high school and the daughter is in elementary, so schools are an important consideration in her home selection.
School names currently aren’t required for listings in the Multiple Listing System of Northern Illinois (MLSNI). Most Chicago listings I’ve seen only have “PUBLIC”, if a name is entered. Fortunately, the Chicago Public Schools Site has awesome tools for helping prospective Chicago home buyers with school age children.
Find a school lets parents find the schools for a specific address and view maps showing the schools boundaries at all public school levels. Below is part of a map generated by the CPS Geographic Information Systems showing most of the areas served by Lakeview and Lincoln Park High Schools.
Fran Bailey specializes in downtown Chicago, Lincoln Park and Lake View condos, co-op apartments and houses. She has shared home buying and selling advice since 2006 and written about over 130 Chicago high rises. To schedule showings for any listings, get a 
