John Marshall Metropolitan High School

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John Marshall Metropolitan High School
Type Public
Principal Gwendolyn Boyd
Students 1169
Grades 9–12
Location Chicago, Illinois, USA
Oversight Chicago Public Schools
Mascot Commando

John Marshall Metropolitan High School, commonly known as Marshall, is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois. It serves the students of the East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, South Lawndale and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. The student body is approximately 99% African American.

The school figures prominently in the 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams.[1]

[edit] Notable alumni

Stuart Kaminsky, author

[edit] Note

  1. ^ Roger Ebert, Review of Hoop Dreams. Retrieved 7 June 2007.

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