CICS - Bucktown Campus

CICS - Bucktown Campus is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, works with 518 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, CICS - Bucktown Campus is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CICS - Bucktown Campus reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, CICS - Bucktown Campus lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, CICS - Bucktown Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 23.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CICS - Bucktown Campus is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Pulaski Intl Sch of Chicago, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CICS - Bucktown Campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CICS - Bucktown Campus at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, CICS - Bucktown Campus runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. CICS - Bucktown Campus's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 707 (now 518). Over the same period, the Black share increased from 11% to 24%.

On the community side, the feed for CICS - Bucktown Campus typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.