List of Charter Schools That Have Closed
School Name / Year School Closed / RCDTS Code
Chicago Intl Charter - Edmonds / 2001 / 15016299025207C
Governors State University Charter School / 2002 / 56099201U26201C
Nuestra American Charter HS / 2003 / 15016299025001C
Keys Charter School / 2003 / 41057007026201C
Thomas Jefferson Charter School / 2003 / 05016900090201C
Passages Charter School / 2004 / 15016299025209C
M Ramirez Computer Charter School / 2004 / 15016299025212C
Kipp Ascend Academy Charter School / 2004 / 15016299025211C
Ace Tech Charter High School / 2004 / 15016299025216C
The Choir Academy / 2005 / 15016299025210C
Triumphant Charter Elementary School / 2005 / 15016299025202C
Lincoln Charter School¹ / 2007 / 41057003026001C
Fort Bowman Academy Charter School² / 2009 / 50082187026201C
Choir Elem Charter Academy³ / 2009 / 15016299025213C
Academy of Comm & Tech Charter HS ⁴ / 2010 / 15016299025002C
¹ Charter school ceased operations at the end of the 2006-2007 academic year by mutual agreement between the charter school and the District. Charter board voted to close the charter school, citing dwindling student enrollment and financial issues.
² District denied charter school’s renewal proposal in 2009 for material violations of the conditions, standards, or procedures set forth in the charter, failure to meet or make reasonable progress toward achievement of the content standards or pupil performance standards identified in the charter, failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management, and non-compliance with laws for which the charter school was not exempt.
³ Charter school elected not to seek renewal in 2009 due to reduced student enrollment.
⁴Charter school voluntarily suspended its educational services after the 2009-2010 school year for a period of not more than 2 years for financial challenges and academic performance issues.
* ISBE will continue to update this document if and when additional charter schools are closed.

(March 2011)