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Alumni: what's one memory from Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock ES that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005935
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School
5608 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60644 · (773) 945-5025 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
417 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 12.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School this school | 512 | 81.4% | 32.8% |
| LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins Camp Chicago | 472 | 80.7% | 32.0% |
| Univ of Chicago Chtr-Donoghue Chicago | 499 | 84.6% | 29.6% |
| CICS - Wrightwood Chicago | 614 | 82.4% | 16.7% |
| John J Pershing Magnet Elementary Chicago | 439 | 83.1% | 18.6% |
| Great Lakes Academy Charter Elementary School Chicago | 538 | 85.7% | 35.4% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #1,167 of 1,925 | #352 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,572 of 2,077 ▼ 43 | #522 of 829 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,070 of 2,077 ▼ 212 | #349 of 829 ▼ 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #504 of 2,419 | #246 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,961 of 2,035 | #792 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.3% | #2,014 of 2,042 | #804 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #482 of 2,132 | #331 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #1,378 of 1,461 | #631 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
512
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 492
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 81% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 89% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 92% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 521 | N/A | N/A | 93% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 7 | 74.3:1 | 95% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 23 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School.
About Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, reachable at (773) 945-5025. It teaches 512 students in kindergarten through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School is one of 622 schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School is Black, at 98%. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 4%.
For every teacher at Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School, there are about 19.0 students; the school has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 417 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 81% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
The model predicts 24.5% for a school in Illinois with Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School posts 32.8%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Ellington Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 32.8% versus an 11.0% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 511 to 512, a small change.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Ellington Elementary School0.2 mi · 510
- Austin College and Career Academy High School0.2 mi · 190
- Depriest Elementary School0.3 mi · 419
- Douglass Academy High School0.5 mi · 29
- Moving Everest Charter School0.6 mi · 755
- Plato Learning Academy Elementary School0.7 mi · 157
Frequently asked questions
About Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary SchoolHow large is Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School?
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School serve?
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School.
How diverse is Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School?
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School?
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.