1
What advice would you give to incoming students at CICS - Wrightwood?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006465
CICS - Wrightwood
8130 S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60652 · (773) 434-4575 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
506 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 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
10%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
28.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
7.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 7.7% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 6.1% |
% 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
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 - Wrightwood
CICS - Wrightwood's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICS - Wrightwood this school | 614 | 82.4% | 16.7% |
| Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School Chicago | 512 | 81.4% | 32.8% |
| Great Lakes Academy Charter Elementary School Chicago | 538 | 85.7% | 35.4% |
| Univ of Chicago Chtr-Donoghue Chicago | 499 | 84.6% | 29.6% |
| OKeeffe Elementary School Chicago | 572 | 82.0% | 16.3% |
| LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins Camp Chicago | 472 | 80.7% | 32.0% |
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 - Wrightwood ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #1,712 of 1,925 | #634 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #1,973 of 2,077 ▼ 162 | #757 of 829 ▼ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,711 of 2,077 ▼ 156 | #632 of 829 ▼ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #253 of 2,419 | #141 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,991 of 2,035 | #800 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.3% | #1,883 of 2,042 | #721 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #463 of 2,132 | #319 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #459 of 1,461 | #265 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
614
-106 (-15%) 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 | 614 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 82% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 88% (546) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 88% (559) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 764 | N/A | N/A | 90% (690) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CICS - Wrightwood.
About CICS - Wrightwood
CICS - Wrightwood is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 614 students. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 61% above that.
CICS - Wrightwood is one school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a system of 622 schools with 324,396 students.
Black students make up 95% of enrollment at CICS - Wrightwood. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 30 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.5:1. This ratio sits 6.5 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
CICS - Wrightwood posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 16.7%, compared with a predicted 23.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The school nearest to CICS - Wrightwood is Carroll Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, CICS - Wrightwood ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment declined 15% from its 2020-21 level of 720.
The CICS - Wrightwood community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Carroll Elementary School0.3 mi · 411
- Owen Elementary Scholastic Academy0.7 mi · 281
- Ashburn Community Elementary School0.9 mi · 324
- Goode STEM Academy High School0.9 mi · 991
- Hampton Elementary Fine & Perf Arts School1.0 mi · 463
- Northeast Elementary School1.1 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About CICS - WrightwoodHow many students attend CICS - Wrightwood?
CICS - Wrightwood enrolls approximately 614 students in grades KG-08.
Is CICS - Wrightwood an elementary, middle, or high school?
CICS - Wrightwood is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CICS - Wrightwood?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CICS - Wrightwood is approximately 20.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CICS - Wrightwood?
At CICS - Wrightwood, the student body is approximately 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is CICS - Wrightwood public or private?
CICS - Wrightwood 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.