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Which teacher or staff member at CICS - West Belden Campus deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006475
CICS - West Belden Campus
2245 N McVicker Ave, Chicago, IL 60639 · (773) 637-9430 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
454 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
17%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
34.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 14.2% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 →
Schools most like CICS - West Belden Campus
CICS - West Belden Campus's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICS - West Belden Campus this school | 520 | 87.3% | 25.0% |
| Stowe Elementary School Chicago | 558 | 87.3% | 15.0% |
| Mozart Elementary School Chicago | 499 | 88.6% | 21.8% |
| Barry Elementary School Chicago | 473 | 87.7% | 22.0% |
| Davis N Elementary School Chicago | 540 | 87.6% | 10.6% |
| Ruiz Elementary School Chicago | 467 | 86.5% | 25.1% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CICS - West Belden Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,450 of 1,925 | #480 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,566 of 2,077 ▼ 135 | #520 of 829 ▼ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,552 of 2,077 ▼ 234 | #556 of 829 ▼ 94 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #469 of 2,419 | #233 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,705 of 2,035 | #712 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #1,711 of 2,042 | #648 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #352 of 2,132 | #251 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #1,403 of 1,461 | #641 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
520
-24 (-4%) 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 | 520 | 32.7 | 15.9:1 | 87% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 87% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 88% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 527 | N/A | N/A | 88% (462) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CICS - West Belden Campus.
About CICS - West Belden Campus
CICS - West Belden Campus is a medium-sized elementary school in Illinois, located in Chicago. Enrolled students number 520 students, in kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 36% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which runs CICS - West Belden Campus, has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Most students at CICS - West Belden Campus are Hispanic: 91% of enrollment. Other students are 7% Black. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. CICS - West Belden Campus has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 32.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 87%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
CICS - West Belden Campus is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, CICS - West Belden Campus is 3.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 25.0% actual, 21.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, CICS - West Belden Campus is behind the 25.8% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
CICS - West Belden Campus falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. CICS - West Belden Campus operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 520 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 544.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for CICS - West Belden Campus covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Belmont-Cragin Elementary School0.2 mi · 518
- Burbank Elementary School0.4 mi · 691
- Horizon Science Academy-Belmont0.4 mi · 785
- Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School0.7 mi · 461
- Prieto Math-Science Elementary School0.7 mi · 733
- Hanson Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,125
Frequently asked questions
About CICS - West Belden CampusWhat is the total enrollment at CICS - West Belden Campus?
CICS - West Belden Campus enrolls approximately 520 students in grades KG-08.
Is CICS - West Belden Campus an elementary, middle, or high school?
CICS - West Belden Campus is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does CICS - West Belden Campus have?
CICS - West Belden Campus employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CICS - West Belden Campus?
At CICS - West Belden Campus, the student body is approximately 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is CICS - West Belden Campus public or private?
CICS - West Belden 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.