CICS - Northtown Campus

CICS - Northtown Campus, a mid-tier senior high in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, teaches 878 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. CICS - Northtown Campus is one of those campuses.

Demographically, CICS - Northtown Campus shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 18% Asian, 14% White, 7% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CICS - Northtown Campus tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), CICS - Northtown Campus is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Solomon Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CICS - Northtown Campus ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.9%.

CICS - Northtown Campus operates from an urban location. CICS - Northtown Campus is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. CICS - Northtown Campus's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 917 (now 878). The White share of enrollment fell from 21% to 14% over that span.

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