Chicago, IL·299
Homes in the
Bogan HS district.
Bogan anchors Ashburn, a settled, middle-class pocket of the Southwest Side about ten miles from the Loop, known for its brick bungalows and quiet family blocks.
- Homes for sale
- 48
- Typical list
- $325,000
- Most expensive
- $474,900
- Most affordable
- $54,900
4329 81st Street →
4300 Ford City Drive →
Bengals · Orange & Black · 716 students · Chicago Public League
Active listings
48 homes on the market
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Market snapshot
The Bogan HS area, by the numbers
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Homes for sale now
56
Typical list price
$324,900
Avg time on market
9 days
Sold in the last year
30
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$360,000
Living near Bogan HS
The area, not just the school
Bogan sits in Ashburn, a residential community area on Chicago's Southwest Side roughly bounded by 72nd Street, Western Avenue, 87th Street, and Cicero. This is one of the more genuinely settled parts of the city: nearly five square miles of modest single-family homes and brick bungalows on quiet side streets that have long drawn firefighters, police officers, teachers, and other city workers who want a house and a yard while staying inside Chicago. The neighborhood filled in during the post-World War II boom, helped along by affordable prices and a straight shot to downtown, which is about ten miles away.
Getting around is practical. Metra's SouthWest Service runs weekday commuter trains from the Ashburn and Wrightwood stations, and several CTA bus routes thread through the area near the school on 79th Street. Ford City, one of the region's older shopping hubs, sits just to the northwest and has anchored the area for decades. Ashburn is really a set of smaller pockets, from Scottsdale on the western edge (built on the land of Chicago's first airport) to Wrightwood on the east, and it remains one of the city's more racially blended, family-oriented neighborhoods. A buyer here is looking at a stable, owner-occupied part of the Southwest Side rather than a transient one.
🏫Opened 1959
Designed by Naess & Murphy, the firm behind the Prudential Building.
🐯Bengals, Orange & Black
Compete in the Chicago Public League (IHSA).
🌐IB World School
Began the IB Diploma Programme in 1999, an IB World School since 2004.
💻First 1:1 CPS high school
One device per student, a technology focus baked into the program.
👥About 716 students
Grades 9 to 12 (2024-25, NCES).
🚆Metra + CTA access
SouthWest Service at Ashburn and Wrightwood, buses on 79th Street.
The school
About Bogan High School
William J. Bogan High School opened in 1959 in Ashburn and is named for William J. Bogan, the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools during the Great Depression. The original building was designed by the architectural firm Naess & Murphy in a casual mid-century style that used aluminum window frames, concrete columns, and porcelain wall panels. In 1963 the school became a flashpoint in the citywide fight over school desegregation. In later decades Bogan shifted toward a technology and International Baccalaureate focus, adopting the IB Diploma Programme in 1999 and becoming an IB World School in 2004.
Bogan is an approved International Baccalaureate school, hosting the IB Middle Years Programme for 9th and 10th graders and the IB Diploma Programme for select juniors and seniors. It offers Career and Technical Education pathways in entrepreneurship and accounting plus dual-enrollment options at Daley College, and it was Chicago Public Schools' first 1:1 high school, with a device for every student.
Bogan's teams, the Bengals, compete in the Chicago Public League and are members of the IHSA. Over the years the school has fielded several Public League championship teams, including football (1991 and 1993), boys wrestling (1993-94), and girls volleyball (1984-85 and 1988-89).
- District
- 299
- Founded
- 1959
- Principal
- Alahrie A. Aziz-Sims
- Conference
- Chicago Public League
- Address
- 3939 W 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60652
Notable alumni
- Belal Muhammad. Professional mixed martial artist and former UFC welterweight champion (Class of 2006).
- Barry Greenstein. Professional poker player (Class of 1972).
- Frank Hartley. Former NFL tight end (Class of 1986).
- E. J. Bibbs. Former NFL tight end (Class of 2010).
- Sean Lawler. Former Chief of Protocol of the United States (Class of 1990).
Facts on this page sourced from Wikipedia and the District 299 website. Last verified 2026-07-02.
Listings filtered by the school the MRED listing agent assigned. Roughly 7 in 10 active listings have this field populated; the remaining listings will surface once the school-district boundary pipeline ships. School assignment is not a guarantee. Always verify with the district before writing an offer.
The questions buyers actually ask
Bogan HS FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping the Bogan HS district. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- What neighborhood is Bogan High School in?
- Bogan sits in Ashburn, a residential community area on Chicago's Southwest Side at 3939 W 79th Street. It is a settled, middle-class part of the city about ten miles from the Loop, known for brick bungalows and quiet family blocks.
- What grades does Bogan serve, and how big is it?
- Bogan is a four-year Chicago Public Schools high school serving grades 9 through 12, with about 716 students in 2024-25 per federal (NCES) data.
- What makes Bogan academically distinctive?
- Bogan is an International Baccalaureate World School offering the IB Middle Years and Diploma programmes, plus Career and Technical Education tracks in entrepreneurship and accounting. It was also the first 1:1 technology high school in Chicago Public Schools.
- What is the commute like from the area around Bogan?
- The neighborhood is served by Metra's SouthWest Service at the Ashburn and Wrightwood stations, plus several CTA bus routes on the Southwest Side, so getting downtown or across the area is practical.
- What kind of homes are near Bogan High School?
- Ashburn is largely single-family: brick bungalows and modest houses on quiet, tree-lined streets that grew up in the postwar boom and have long attracted city workers looking for a home and yard inside Chicago. The listings here are filtered to homes whose MRED agent assigned Bogan as the high school. For alerts on new homes in the area, text 224-385-8779.
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