CICS - Prairie Campus

Summary:

CICS - Prairie Campus is a public charter elementary school serving 399 students in grades K-8 in Chicago, Illinois, which is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

CICS - Prairie Campus faces significant academic challenges, with very high chronic absenteeism rates, consistently low proficiency rates on state assessments compared to the district and state, and struggles with performance across various student subgroups. In 2023-2024, only 16.7% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and just 5.2% were proficient or better in Math, far below the district and state averages. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Nearby schools, such as Hughes L Elementary, Pullman Elementary, and Haley Elementary Academy, also struggle with low performance, suggesting that the challenges faced by CICS - Prairie Campus may be reflective of broader issues in the community.

Interestingly, some nearby schools, like Poe Elementary Classical School, perform significantly better, with proficiency rates well above the district and state averages. This suggests that factors beyond just funding and class size, such as socioeconomic conditions and resource allocation, may be playing a significant role in the academic performance of these schools. Addressing the complex issues that contribute to the challenges faced by CICS - Prairie Campus and the surrounding schools will be crucial for improving educational outcomes in this community.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 11530 S Prairie Ave
       Chicago, IL  60628-5612


(773) 928-0480

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1707th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,398 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  18.1 Help
Number of students:  399

Racial breakdown:

African American:
65.7%
Hispanic:
33.6%
White:
0.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  92.7% Help


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Compare Details CICS - Prairie Campus ranks worse than 82.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 264th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.02. (See more...)
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Compare Details CICS - Prairie Campus ranks worse than 90.5% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.74. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details CICS - Prairie Campus has the largest elementary school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at CICS - Prairie Campus is $19,398. 297 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

CICS - Prairie Campus:

SchoolDigger ranks CICS - Prairie Campus 1707th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See CICS - Prairie Campus in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks CICS - Prairie Campus 1233rd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See CICS - Prairie Campus in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for CICS - Prairie Campus

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Rank History for all elementary school students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.49 1596th 2086 23.5%
2021 13.98 1811th 1948 7.0%
2022 21.32 1624th 2082 22.0%
2023 19.75 1692nd 2077 18.5%
2024 19.02 1707th 2067 17.4%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.18 370th 743 50.2%
2021 47.19 199th 537 62.9%
2024 21.72 781st 826 5.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.61 524th 1194 56.1%
2022 22.15 1024th 1113 8.0%
2023 29.37 802nd 1156 30.6%
2024 22.41 1014th 1195 15.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.83 1194th 1816 34.3%
2021 20.76 1371st 1514 9.4%
2022 32.40 1213th 1763 31.2%
2023 29.52 1344th 1808 25.7%
2024 31.25 1280th 1793 28.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.34 1567th 2019 22.4%
2021 13.92 1558th 1680 7.3%
2022 28.00 1372nd 1970 30.4%
2023 24.48 1466th 1957 25.1%
2024 21.28 1556th 1942 19.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 20.59 852nd 907 6.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.19 1519th 2019 24.8%
2021 12.55 1651st 1707 3.3%
2022 14.41 1827th 1977 7.6%
2023 14.82 1802nd 1984 9.2%
2024 17.42 1665th 1959 15.0%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 46.19 322nd 711 54.7%
2021 32.65 293rd 428 31.5%
2022 50.11 258th 684 62.3%
2023 40.54 365th 692 47.3%
2024 39.16 378th 655 42.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 35.70 620th 955 35.1%
2021 22.81 662nd 742 10.8%
2022 30.81 676th 954 29.1%
2023 32.68 658th 970 32.2%
2024 35.46 624th 959 34.9%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for CICS - Prairie Campus

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Rank History for all middle school students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 31.60 920th 1356 32.2%
2021 20.43 1012th 1241 18.5%
2022 14.73 1253rd 1369 8.5%
2023 13.62 1262nd 1367 7.7%
2024 14.74 1233rd 1363 9.5%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 46.14 109th 277 60.6%
2022 31.66 371st 454 18.3%
2023 33.52 348th 480 27.5%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 43.22 338th 792 57.3%
2023 19.19 768th 805 4.6%
2024 17.04 776th 802 3.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.28 631st 1217 48.2%
2021 30.67 722nd 1019 29.1%
2022 18.33 1123rd 1221 8.0%
2023 17.09 1145th 1234 7.2%
2024 21.68 1030th 1219 15.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.71 980th 1276 23.2%
2021 23.25 800th 1017 21.3%
2022 15.87 1137th 1286 11.6%
2023 12.72 1197th 1275 6.1%
2024 15.79 1107th 1251 11.5%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 21.85 588th 639 8.0%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 41.52 704th 1296 45.7%
2021 14.68 971st 1048 7.3%
2022 14.99 1179th 1286 8.3%
2023 15.97 1152nd 1292 10.8%
2024 15.15 1147th 1264 9.3%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.64 382nd 565 32.4%
2021 31.22 283rd 385 26.5%
2022 34.03 378th 573 34.0%
2023 29.24 432nd 569 24.1%
2024 27.72 421st 548 23.2%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at CICS - Prairie Campus

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 47.08 304th 639 52.4%
2021 34.67 344th 517 33.5%
2022 14.97 641st 662 3.2%
2023 14.64 637th 661 3.6%
2024 25.43 514th 643 20.1%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for CICS - Prairie Campus

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2018 4 216 0 191 1 1 5 0 418
2019 3 225 0 190 3 1 4 0 426
2020 3 228 0 184 2 0 3 0 420
2021 3 239 0 185 2 0 1 0 430
2022 3 231 0 150 2 0 18 0 404
2023 2 262 0 134 1 0 0 0 399

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at CICS - Prairie Campus

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2018 418 n/a n/a 94.5
2019 426 23.0 18.5 94.6
2020 420 30.0 14.0 93.1
2021 430 n/a n/a n/a
2022 404 5.0 80.8 88.4
2023 399 22.0 18.1 92.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio CICS - Prairie Campus

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2018 418 n/a n/a 94.5
2019 426 23.0 18.5 94.6
2020 420 30.0 14.0 93.1
2021 430 n/a n/a n/a
2022 404 5.0 80.8 88.4
2023 399 22.0 18.1 92.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for CICS - Prairie Campus

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,164 (8.1%) $13,210 (91.9%) $14,374
2020 $1,379 (8.6%) $14,590 (91.4%) $15,969
2021 $435 (4.0%) $10,340 (96.0%) $10,775
2022 $435 (4.0%) $10,340 (96.0%) $10,775
2023 $13,093 (93.8%) $862 (6.2%) $13,955
2024 $165 (0.9%) $19,233 (99.1%) $19,398

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on CICS - Prairie Campus

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1596th of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1692nd of 2077 Elementary schools
 5%
Ranks 920th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 1262nd of 1367 Middle schools
 24.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (CICS - Prairie Campus)40.30
 40.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)39.419.7
 19.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (CICS - Prairie Campus)38.63.4
 35.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)32.920.9
 12%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (CICS - Prairie Campus)3.431
 27.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)23.225
 1.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (CICS - Prairie Campus)17.213.8
 3.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)24.116.4
 7.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (CICS - Prairie Campus)16.721.1
 4.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)24.124.1
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (CICS - Prairie Campus)5.63.5
 2.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)20.715
 5.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (CICS - Prairie Campus)19.217.9
 1.3%
   5th Grade Science (Chicago Public Schools District 299)40.739.2
 1.5%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (CICS - Prairie Campus)15.39.1
 6.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)22.824.7
 1.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (CICS - Prairie Campus)8.53.6
 4.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)17.714.6
 3.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (CICS - Prairie Campus)17.920.4
 2.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)28.229.7
 1.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (CICS - Prairie Campus)13.81.9
 11.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)21.818.7
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (CICS - Prairie Campus)373.5
 33.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Public Schools District 299)26.231.3
 5.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (CICS - Prairie Campus)14.81.8
 13%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Public Schools District 299)24.319.5
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (CICS - Prairie Campus)51.910.5
 41.4%
   8th Grade Science (Chicago Public Schools District 299)40.340.3
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students426399
 6.3%
African American225262
 16.4%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian00
Hispanic190134
 29.5%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White32
 33.3%
Two or More Races40
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients94.6%92.7%
 1.9%


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CICS - Prairie Campus ranks in the bottom 17.4% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students at CICS - Prairie Campus are 66% African American, 34% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 399 students attended CICS - Prairie Campus.


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