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How has CICS - Avalon/South Shore changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006507
CICS - Avalon/South Shore
1501 E 83rd Pl, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 721-0858 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
27.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
423 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 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 36% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
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
59.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.6pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
IL avg 37.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 38.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 CICS - Avalon/South Shore
CICS - Avalon/South Shore's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICS - Avalon/South Shore this school | 469 | 90.2% | 42.0% |
| Deneen Elementary School Chicago | 451 | 92.2% | 21.2% |
| Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy Chicago | 515 | 91.3% | 20.0% |
| Legacy Elementary Charter School Chicago | 458 | 92.4% | 23.1% |
| CICS - Washington Pk Campus Chicago | 493 | 95.3% | 32.1% |
| Univ of Chicago Chtr-Donoghue Chicago | 499 | 84.6% | 29.6% |
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 CICS - Avalon/South Shore ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #856 of 1,925 | #225 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,092 of 2,077 ▼ 517 | #324 of 829 ▼ 149 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #697 of 2,077 ▲ 289 | #229 of 829 ▲ 90 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #661 of 2,419 | #310 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.6:1 | #2,022 of 2,035 | #813 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #2,022 of 2,042 | #807 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #274 of 2,132 | #198 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #1,368 of 1,461 | #627 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
469
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
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 | 469 | 17 | 27.6:1 | 90% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 96% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 91% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 478 | N/A | N/A | 92% (442) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CICS - Avalon/South Shore.
About CICS - Avalon/South Shore
CICS - Avalon/South Shore runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It enrolls 469 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. It has 23% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
Roughly 98% of students at CICS - Avalon/South Shore are Black. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. The diversity index for CICS - Avalon/South Shore is 4%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at CICS - Avalon/South Shore totals 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 27.6:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 90% of students (423) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, CICS - Avalon/South Shore lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Illinois public elementary schools.
CICS - Avalon/South Shore is 22.6 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Illinois.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $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 counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Avalon Park Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from CICS - Avalon/South Shore, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, CICS - Avalon/South Shore is 1st among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. CICS - Avalon/South Shore is one of the charter schools in Illinois.
In 2020-21, CICS - Avalon/South Shore enrolled 487 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 469.
The discussion board for CICS - Avalon/South Shore is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Avalon Park Elementary School0.4 mi · 225
- Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justic0.4 mi · 225
- YCCS-Sullivan House Alt High School0.5 mi · 281
- McDowell Elementary School0.7 mi · 112
- Ashe Elementary School0.7 mi · 387
- Mann Elementary School0.8 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About CICS - Avalon/South ShoreWhat is the total enrollment at CICS - Avalon/South Shore?
CICS - Avalon/South Shore enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does CICS - Avalon/South Shore serve?
CICS - Avalon/South Shore serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CICS - Avalon/South Shore?
Approximately 27.6:1 students per teacher at CICS - Avalon/South Shore.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CICS - Avalon/South Shore?
At CICS - Avalon/South Shore, the student body is approximately 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees CICS - Avalon/South Shore?
CICS - Avalon/South Shore 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.