I am in high school, and without a computer at home, I code with a school issued chromebook. With this, the admins have blocked Linux, assumingly because Linux became a way of people to access games on their computers during class. How can I download a python environment that is free and runs well?
I have no idea what constraints you’re actually operating under, but if you want a Python distribution that is easy to get going with, I’ve generally had good experiences with Anaconda.
Sadly Anaconda also operates on Linux for chromebooks.
What did your admins say when you asked them?
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Chromebooks are pretty locked down – really only suited for doing stuff on the internet – which is an enormous amount these days 
But just like you can use, e.g. Google Docs, you should be abel to use a service where you’re actually coding on a server somewhere.
For learning, there are a number of sites hosting Python that you can run code on (OK, were – I’m not giving any link, 'cause I haven’t looked recently, but there have GOT to be a few – python hosted, maybe?) – I"ll let others point you to recommended services.
You also might want to look for JupyterLab hosting – it’s pretty darn cool.
NOTE: if your school’s sys admins want to support this – one way would be for them to run a JupyterLab instance that you all could use.
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Does anyone have any solutions?
The best I can offer are sites that allow you to run Python on your browser, saving code you write for later and also providing a bunch of pre-installed packages. One such site is: