Tier 1 applicants to Whitney Young saw their scores range from 788 to 882, while their Tier 4 counterparts scored between 871 and 883, according to CPS. But these issues are not new to Payton. Erica Bauer, Paytons director of student engagement, said she had a conversation with Muhammad after she left, and the school is trying to learn from her feedback. Two weeks ago, Rauners campaign spokesman Mike Schrimpf said Rauners daughter was admitted off the principals list, the same way many students have been admitted.. The 489 offers made this year were 10% of all selective enrollment offers. In September 2013, CPS announced that it was expanding Payton to add an additional 400 seats meaning that 8th graders would be able to vie for up to an additional 100 seats. A faith lifeempowering students to serve the world. The students are granted admission to the schools based on their elementary school grades, standardized test scores and an admissions test. That includes the $500,000 donation in October 2009, about two months before the donation to the Payton Prep Initiative. The ACT is the most widely used college admissions test, so its scores are a useful guide for comparing high school academic performance. Your web browser does not support the