CICS - Bond Campus

CICS - Bond Campus is an elementary school of close-knit scale in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, serveing 279 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 27% smaller than typical.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; CICS - Bond Campus is among them.

In terms of who attends, CICS - Bond Campus logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, CICS - Bond Campus reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at CICS - Bond Campus qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, CICS - Bond Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.6%; this one delivers 14.1%.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CICS - Bond Campus is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Carver Primary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CICS - Bond Campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CICS - Bond Campus at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 15.3%.

CICS - Bond Campus operates from an urban location. CICS - Bond Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CICS - Bond Campus has declined 17%, going from 338 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.