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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006488
CICS - Basil Campus
1816 W Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 778-9455 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
41.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
502 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 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 23% larger than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
38%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
55.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +27.7pp since 2023
Math
30.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 28 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 16.9% |
% 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
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 18% 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 19 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 - Basil Campus
CICS - Basil Campus's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICS - Basil Campus this school | 541 | 92.8% | 36.9% |
| Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School Chicago | 487 | 92.4% | 11.8% |
| Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School Chicago | 452 | 94.0% | 8.6% |
| Ellington Elementary School Chicago | 510 | 95.1% | 14.2% |
| Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School Chicago | 513 | 86.9% | 8.4% |
| Sullivan Elementary School Chicago | 439 | 96.1% | 14.6% |
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 - Basil Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #1,019 of 1,925 | #285 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #1,263 of 2,077 ▲ 55 | #385 of 829 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #829 of 2,077 ▲ 452 | #259 of 829 ▲ 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #403 of 2,419 | #205 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 41.6:1 | #2,032 of 2,035 | #816 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,191 of 2,042 | #445 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #211 of 2,132 | #153 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #247 of 1,461 | #157 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
541
-54 (-9%) 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 | 541 | 13 | 41.6:1 | 93% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 19 | 25.3:1 | 96% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 96% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 736 | N/A | N/A | 96% (703) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CICS - Basil Campus.
About CICS - Basil Campus
CICS - Basil Campus operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment totals 541 students across kindergarten through 8. The school is 42% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
At CICS - Basil Campus, 74% of students are Black. It is also 25% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. The diversity index for CICS - Basil Campus is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at CICS - Basil Campus, there are about 41.6 students; the school has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 93%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
CICS - Basil Campus is a top-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.9% with an actual 36.9%.
Cook County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, CICS - Basil Campus among them.
Of the public schools around it, CICS - Basil Campus is closest to Fulton Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. CICS - Basil Campus has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: CICS - Basil Campus ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 36.9% versus a 20.8% average.
The federal government classifies CICS - Basil Campus's location as City: Large. CICS - Basil Campus operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment fell 9% over 4 years, reaching 541 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. 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
- Fulton Elementary School0.2 mi · 321
- Henderson Elementary School0.3 mi · 246
- Libby Elementary School0.5 mi · 275
- Daley Elementary Academy0.6 mi · 511
- Horizon Sci Academy - Southwest Chtr0.6 mi · 712
- Richards Career Academy High School0.7 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About CICS - Basil CampusWhat is the total enrollment at CICS - Basil Campus?
CICS - Basil Campus enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does CICS - Basil Campus serve?
CICS - Basil Campus serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CICS - Basil Campus?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CICS - Basil Campus is approximately 41.6:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CICS - Basil Campus?
CICS - Basil Campus reports a student body of 0% White, 25% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CICS - Basil Campus?
CICS - Basil Campus is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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