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Enrollment
897
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006509
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy
1616 S Avers Ave, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 521-4399 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL897 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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
112.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
850 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 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (94).
Student demographics
19%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
29.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
12.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 2.8% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
897
-34 (-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 | 897 | 8 | 112.1:1 | 95% (850) |
| 2023-24 | 936 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 97% (906) |
| 2022-23 | 905 | 106 | 8.5:1 | 95% (856) |
| 2020-21 | 931 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 896 | N/A | N/A | 96% (859) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy.
About KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a high-enrollment elementary school. It reported 897 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 135% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 622 schools and 324,396 students, including KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy.
Black students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 67 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy comes to 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 112.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy counts 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 29 points lower.
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of Illinois public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.9%; the prediction is 16.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that 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%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Penn Elementary School, 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. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy ranks 1st on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy as City: Large. Federal records list KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy had a net loss of 34 students, or 4%.
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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
- Penn Elementary School0.0 mi · 218
- Herzl Elementary School0.3 mi · 429
- Dvorak Technology Academy Elementary School0.3 mi · 276
- Mason Elementary School0.5 mi · 241
- YCCS-CCA Academy High School0.5 mi · 124
- Hughes C Elementary School0.5 mi · 169
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend AcademyHow large is KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy?
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy enrolls approximately 897 students in grades KG-08.
Is KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy?
Approximately 112.1:1 students per teacher at KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy.
What is the student diversity at KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy?
Student demographics at KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy are roughly 0% White, 10% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy?
KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Academy is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.