Chicago, IL·299
Homes in the
Dyett Arts district.
Where a hard-won South Side comeback story meets a real college-prep arts education, in the heart of historic Washington Park.
- Homes for sale
- 34
- Typical list
- $395,000
- Most expensive
- $1,485,000
- Most affordable
- $154,900
4558 Ellis Avenue →
4523.5 Drexel Boulevard →
Eagles · Black & Gold · 538 students · Chicago Public League
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34 homes on the market
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Market snapshot
The Dyett Arts area, by the numbers
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Homes for sale now
40
Typical list price
$356,250
Avg time on market
11 days
Sold in the last year
6
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$265,000
Living near Dyett Arts
The area, not just the school
Life around Dyett unfolds in Washington Park, one of the South Side's most historic and green community areas. The school's front door practically opens onto the 372-acre Washington Park itself, a landscape laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the same designers behind New York's Central Park. The park anchors daily life here with its broad open meadow, lagoon, ball fields, and Lorado Taft's monumental Fountain of Time sculpture.
Culture is close at hand. The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, one of the nation's oldest institutions dedicated to African American history and art, sits inside the park and has been a cornerstone of the neighborhood since 1961. Just east, the community blends into Hyde Park and the University of Chicago campus, putting some of the city's most celebrated cultural and academic institutions a short drive or bus ride away.
For homebuyers, the housing stock leans historic and characterful, with classic Chicago red brick two-flats, bungalows, and greystones lining the residential streets. Commuting is straightforward: the CTA Green Line runs along the neighborhood's edge, with stations that connect quickly to downtown and the wider South Side. Between the parkland, the museums, the university corridor next door, and the transit access, this is a walkable, deeply-rooted pocket of Chicago with real value still on the table.
🎭Arts high school
Open-enrollment public arts high school pairing a college-prep core with arts study.
🦅Home of the Eagles
Teams compete in black and gold in the Chicago Public League.
🏀2025 state champions
Boys basketball won its first IHSA state title in 2025.
🌳On Washington Park
Next to the historic 372-acre park and the DuSable Museum.
🚆Green Line access
The CTA Green Line runs along the neighborhood's edge into downtown.
🏫About 538 students
Enrolled roughly 538 students in grades 9-12 in 2024-25.
The school
About Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts
Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts sits in Chicago's Washington Park community and is named for the celebrated violinist and music educator Walter Henri Dyett. The building first opened in 1972 and became a high school in 1999, but after years of enrollment decline Chicago Public Schools closed Dyett in the spring of 2015. That closure sparked a 34-day community hunger strike by parents and activists determined to keep an open-enrollment neighborhood school in Bronzeville, and CPS agreed to reopen it as an arts-focused high school. Dyett returned for the 2016-17 school year as Dyett High School for the Arts.
Dyett is a district-run, open-enrollment arts high school where a college-preparatory core curriculum is paired with a strong arts education. As part of the 2016 reopening, CPS invested roughly 14.6 million dollars to refurbish the building, adding a dance studio, a theater, fashion and digital media labs, and an innovation lab that offers technology training for the surrounding community.
Dyett's teams are the Eagles, competing in the Chicago Public League and the Illinois High School Association. In a milestone for the reopened school, the boys basketball team won its first IHSA state championship in 2025, ten years after the community hunger strike that saved the school.
- District
- 299
- Founded
- 1972
- Conference
- Chicago Public League
- Address
- 555 E. 51st Street, Chicago, IL 60615
Trophy case
- 🏆 Boys Basketball · 2025
Notable alumni
- Chief Keef. Chicago rapper who attended Dyett High School.
Facts on this page sourced from Wikipedia and the District 299 website. Last verified 2026-07-03.
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
Dyett Arts FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping the Dyett Arts district. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- Is Dyett High School for the Arts currently open?
- Yes. After closing in 2015 and reopening in 2016 as an arts-focused neighborhood high school, Dyett is open and serving about 538 students in grades 9-12 as of 2024-25.
- What kind of school is Dyett?
- It is a district-run, open-enrollment Chicago Public Schools arts high school that pairs a college-preparatory core with arts study including dance, theater, and digital media, plus an innovation lab added in the 2016 renovation.
- What neighborhood is the school in?
- Dyett is in the Washington Park community area on Chicago's South Side, at 555 E. 51st Street, directly beside the historic Washington Park and the DuSable Museum and just west of Hyde Park and the University of Chicago.
- What are homes like near the school?
- The streets around Washington Park feature classic Chicago architecture, including red brick two-flats, bungalows, and historic greystones, with the CTA Green Line nearby for a quick ride downtown. If you want alerts for new homes in the area, text 224-385-8779.
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This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period July 21, 2025 through July 21, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.