CICS - Washington Pk Campus

CICS - Washington Pk Campus is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 493 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

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

Looking at the student body, CICS - Washington Pk Campus reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CICS - Washington Pk Campus ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 16.5%; CICS - Washington Pk Campus posts 32.1%, +15.7 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which CICS - Washington Pk Campus is one.

The closest other public school is Dulles Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CICS - Washington Pk Campus ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 9.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. CICS - Washington Pk Campus is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CICS - Washington Pk Campus has climbed 8%, going from 458 students in 2018 to 493 in 2025.

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