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If you could change one rule at CICS - Longwood Campus, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,137
Combined
DISTRICT 847 · STATE 737
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006438
CICS - Longwood Campus
1309 W 95th St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 238-5330 · Cook County
GRADES 03–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,137 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
979 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 99 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 113 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 108 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 136 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 88 | 8% |
Student demographics
5%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
21.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
9.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 9.8% |
| 2023-24 | 14.2% | 2.5% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,137
-163 (-13%) 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 | 1,137 | 71 | 16.0:1 | 86% (979) |
| 2023-24 | 1,200 | 55.6 | 21.6:1 | 82% (987) |
| 2022-23 | 1,249 | 17 | 73.5:1 | 86% (1,072) |
| 2020-21 | 1,300 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,334 | 5 | 266.8:1 | 90% (1,196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CICS - Longwood Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,334 to 1,137); teachers up 1320% (5 to 71).
About CICS - Longwood Campus
CICS - Longwood Campus is a large combined-grade school with an address in Chicago, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 1,137 students in grades 3 through 12. Against the 737-student average for combined schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 54% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has a total of 622 schools and 324,396 students, CICS - Longwood Campus among them.
At CICS - Longwood Campus, Black students make up 97% of the student body. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 75 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, CICS - Longwood Campus comes in at 5%.
The school has about 16.0 students per teacher and 71 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 12.0:1 average for combined schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 86%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 12.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 21.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. CICS - Longwood Campus is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The shortest distance from CICS - Longwood Campus to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to CICS - Loomis Primary Campus. The five-mile area around CICS - Longwood Campus holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, CICS - Longwood Campus ranks 8th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The number of students dropped from 1,300 to 1,137 over 4 years.
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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
- CICS - Loomis Primary Campus0.1 mi · 333
- Green W Elementary School0.2 mi · 267
- Wacker Elementary School0.5 mi · 217
- Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School0.5 mi · 241
- Fort Dearborn Elementary School0.6 mi · 298
- Kipling Elementary School0.9 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About CICS - Longwood CampusHow large is CICS - Longwood Campus?
CICS - Longwood Campus enrolls approximately 1,137 students in grades 03-12.
What grades does CICS - Longwood Campus serve?
CICS - Longwood Campus serves grades 03-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CICS - Longwood Campus?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CICS - Longwood Campus is approximately 16.0:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CICS - Longwood Campus?
At CICS - Longwood Campus, the student body is approximately 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is CICS - Longwood Campus public or private?
CICS - Longwood Campus is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.