• • Lane Technical High School is ranked fifth within Illinois.
• • The AP® participation rate at Lane Technical High School is 97%.
• • The total minority enrollment is 61%.
• • Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students, making it the largest high school in Chicago.
• • Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take a test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission.
• • Lane offers over 100 school sponsored clubs which allow students to engage a in large variety of extracurriculars with their peers.
• • Lane has 33 different athletic teams, many of which compete on three levels: freshmen, junior varsity and varsity.
• • Lane Tech was founded in 1908 and dedicated on Washington's Birthday in 1909 as the Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School.
• • The school's fight song is "Go, Lane, Go" and its athletic teams are known as the "Champions"
• • Lane Tech is accredited by AdvancED and the Higher Learning Commission.
• • The current principal is Edwina Thompson.
• • The school's motto is: "Wherever you go, whatever you do, remember the honor of Lane"