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Enrollment
408
Middle
DISTRICT 913 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CICERO SD 99·NCES 171020001236
Cicero East Elementary School
2324 S 49Th Ave, Cicero, IL 60804 · (708) 652-9440 · Cook County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
313 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 56%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 128 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 37% |
| Grade 6 | 129 | 32% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cicero East Elementary School→Unity Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Cicero SD 99. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 14.6% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Cicero East Elementary School
Cicero East Elementary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero East Elementary School this school | 408 | 76.7% | 27.9% |
| Columbus East Elementary School Cicero | 411 | 75.7% | 25.8% |
| Northlake Middle School Northlake | 378 | 84.4% | 26.4% |
| Freedom Middle School Berwyn | 504 | 81.7% | 32.3% |
| Ellis Middle School Elgin | 496 | 72.4% | 22.8% |
| Robert E Abbott Middle School Waukegan | 585 | 71.1% | 15.5% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Cicero East Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #459 of 578 | #78 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #406 of 640 ▲ 62 | #82 of 146 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #539 of 640 ▼ 6 | #119 of 146 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #357 of 691 | #101 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #443 of 558 | #113 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.8% | #551 of 560 | #131 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #74 of 581 | #35 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.5% | #2 of 440 | #2 of 97 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
408
+108 (+36%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,015
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 | 408 | 27.5 | 14.8:1 | 77% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 28.6 | 14.4:1 | 72% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 27.7 | 13.8:1 | 85% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 49.7 | 16.9:1 | 88% (739) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 46 | 18.7:1 | 97% (836) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 48 | 17.8:1 | 89% (763) |
| 2000-01 | 1,226 | 55 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,015 | 49 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cicero East Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 51% (841 to 408); teachers down 45% (49.7 to 27.5).
About Cicero East Elementary School
Cicero East Elementary School is a middle school in Cicero, Illinois, and it is part of Cicero SD 99. It educates 408 students in grades 4 through 6.
In Cicero SD 99, 15 schools enroll a combined 8,664 students.
Hispanic students make up 97% of enrollment at Cicero East Elementary School. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 6% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cicero East Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher above the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Cicero East Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Cicero East Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The nearest public school is Cicero West Elementary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Cicero East Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Cicero East Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 408 students in 2024-25, 108 more than the 300 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Cicero SD 99
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Cicero West Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
Other schools in Cicero
- J Sterling Morton East High SchoolHigh · 3,394 students
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- J Sterling Morton Freshman CntrHigh · 941 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Cicero West Elementary School0.1 mi · 557
- Unity Jr High School0.6 mi · 1,919
- Sherlock Elementary School0.6 mi · 583
- T Roosevelt Elementary School0.8 mi · 450
- Zapata Elementary Academy0.8 mi · 524
- Corkery Elementary School0.8 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Cicero East Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cicero East Elementary School?
Cicero East Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Cicero East Elementary School serve?
Cicero East Elementary School serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Cicero East Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Cicero East Elementary School.
How diverse is Cicero East Elementary School?
Cicero East Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Is Cicero East Elementary School public or private?
Cicero East Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cicero SD 99.
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