Last Updated: May 2025

Following the pandemic-era admissions changes and the ongoing adjustments to the "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) testing model, the 2024 admissions cycle (for the graduating class of 2028 entering high school in Fall 2024) set new records for competitiveness. This article provides the for the 2024-2025 school year, explains how CPS calculates your composite score, and reveals why the "lowest score admitted" is often a misleading number.

For families in Chicago, few dates trigger as much anxiety as the release of the . If you have been searching for the "CPS Selective Enrollment cutoff scores 2024 2025 updated," you are likely aware that the landscape has shifted dramatically.