Enrollment
246
Middle
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOLTON SD 149·NCES 171242006230
Creative Communications Academy
1650 Pulaski Rd, Calumet City, IL 60409 · (708) 868-7585 · Cook County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Illinois public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
246 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 238 | 97% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 3% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
6.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.3% | 6.4% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 1.7% |
% 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Creative Communications Academy
Creative Communications Academy's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Communications Academy this school | 246 | 100.0% | 13.7% |
| S T E M Academy Calumet City | 243 | 99.6% | 20.7% |
| School of Fine Arts Calumet City | 224 | 99.1% | 12.8% |
| East St Louis-Lincoln Middle School East Saint Louis | 359 | 98.9% | 16.0% |
| Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center Ford Heights | 156 | 98.7% | 16.3% |
| Lincoln Junior High School Dolton | 168 | 98.8% | 12.8% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Creative Communications Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #560 of 578 | #113 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #622 of 640 ▲ 8 | #140 of 146 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #603 of 640 ▲ 14 | #142 of 146 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #508 of 691 | #130 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #551 of 558 | #134 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #548 of 560 | #130 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 581 | #1 of 117 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
246
+49 (+25%) 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 | 246 | 12 | 20.5:1 | 100% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 5.7 | 32.8:1 | 100% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 8.7 | 20.4:1 | 99% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 199 | 10.3 | 19.3:1 | 100% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 212 | 9 | 23.6:1 | 100% (212) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creative Communications Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (199 to 246); teachers up 16% (10.3 to 12).
About Creative Communications Academy
Creative Communications Academy is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Calumet City, Illinois. It reported 246 students in grade 6 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Illinois have about 462 students on average; enrollment here is 47% lower.
Dolton SD 149 includes 8 schools. Together they enroll 2,192 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Creative Communications Academy is Black, at 96%. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 9%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creative Communications Academy is 20.5:1, based on 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Lunch program data show 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Creative Communications Academy holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Illinois public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Creative Communications Academy is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 13.7%. Predicted: 13.8%.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
S T E M Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Creative Communications Academy is 7th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Creative Communications Academy in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 197 students in 2020-21 to 246 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Creative Communications Academy lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Dolton SD 149
- Caroline Sibley Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- New Beginnings Learning AcademyElementary · 288 students
- Berger-Vandenberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Carol Moseley Braun SchoolElementary · 264 students
- S T E M AcademyMiddle · 243 students
- Diekman Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
Other schools in Calumet City
- Thornton Fractnl No High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Caroline Sibley Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Wentworth Intermediate SchoolElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- S T E M Academy0.0 mi · 243
- School of Fine Arts0.0 mi · 224
- Carol Moseley Braun School0.1 mi · 264
- Caroline Sibley Elementary School0.5 mi · 434
- New Beginnings Learning Academy0.5 mi · 288
- Diekman Elementary School0.9 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Creative Communications AcademyHow many students attend Creative Communications Academy?
Creative Communications Academy enrolls approximately 246 students in grades 06-06.
Is Creative Communications Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Creative Communications Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-06.
How many students per teacher at Creative Communications Academy?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Creative Communications Academy.
What is the student diversity at Creative Communications Academy?
Student demographics at Creative Communications Academy are roughly 4% Hispanic, 96% Black.
What district is Creative Communications Academy in?
Creative Communications Academy is part of Dolton SD 149.
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