Chicago Park Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 20.3% |
| Met Standard | 33.2% |
| Below Standard | 46.6% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "53% proficient" for Chicago Park Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
20.3% of students exceeded standard while 33.2% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.3 points below the Chicago Park Elementary district average of 23.5%. The 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 26.8% exceeded — 6.5 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 41.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.1%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 18 | 50.0% | 27.8% | 77.8% |
| 4th | 13 | 23.1% | 46.1% | 69.2% |
| 5th | 16 | 6.3% | 37.5% | 43.8% |
| 6th | 8 | — | — | — |
| 7th | 8 | — | — | — |
| 8th | 9 | — | — | — |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 18 | 33.3% | 27.8% | 61.1% |
| 4th | 13 | 7.7% | 53.9% | 61.5% |
| 5th | 16 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
| 6th | 8 | — | — | — |
| 7th | 8 | — | — | — |
| 8th | 9 | — | — | — |
Nearby schools
1 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 58.5