How many students attend Cicero East Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 413 students attended Cicero East Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Cicero East Elementary School?

Students at Cicero East Elementary School are 98% Hispanic, 1% African American.

What high school do graduates of Cicero East Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Cicero East Elementary School usually go on to attend J Sterling Morton East High School

Cicero East Elementary School

Summary:

Cicero East Elementary School is a public middle school serving grades 4-6 in Cicero, Illinois, with 381 students. The school faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, low academic performance, and a high percentage of students from low-income families.

Cicero East Elementary School's chronic absenteeism rates have seen a dramatic increase, rising from 5.1% in 2019-2020 to 42.4% in 2021-2022, much higher than the state average of 16.1%. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science lag behind both state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, ELA proficiency ranged from 16.4% to 36.9%, while Math proficiency was between 12.6% and 15%. In comparison, nearby schools like Unity Junior High School and Columbus East Elementary School, which are also part of the Cicero School District 99, perform significantly better.

The high chronic absenteeism and low academic performance at Cicero East Elementary School may be linked to the school's socioeconomic challenges, as indicated by the high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 67.44% to 84.78% in recent years. Despite the relatively high spending per student, ranging from $17,715 to $20,004, the school's academic outcomes remain below state and district averages, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution. The school and district may need to examine how resources are being allocated and utilized to better support student learning and address the specific needs of the school community.

Detail:

Public 4-6

3003 S 50Th Ct
Cicero, IL 60804-2447

(708) 652-9440

District: Cicero School District 99

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,419

Students who attend Cicero East Elementary School usually attend:

High:

J Sterling Morton East High School

Feeder schools for Cicero East Elementary School:

Elementary:

Cicero West Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.4

Number of students: 413

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.6%

African American:

1.5%

White:

0.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 71.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cicero East Elementary School ranks worse than 68.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.71. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (97.6%), African American (1.5%), White (0.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 71.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cicero East Elementary School is 14.4, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Cicero School District 99! (See more...)

Compare Cicero East Elementary School employs 28.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cicero East Elementary School is $20,419, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Cicero School District 99!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cicero East Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cicero East Elementary School 1407^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Cicero East Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Male students:

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Cicero School District 99:

SchoolDigger ranks Cicero School District 99 718^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cicero East Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	14.83	1727^th	2020	14.5%
2004	19.05	1720^th	2030	15.3%
2005	21.71	1710^th	2022	15.4%
2006	18.67	1800^th	2086	13.7%
2007	19.32	1816^th	2095	13.3%
2008	9.35	1925^th	2092	8.0%
2009	11.26	1929^th	2120	9.0%
2010	11.51	1954^th	2139	8.6%
2011	5.96	2068^th	2147	3.7%
2012	5.46	2096^th	2166	3.2%
2013	9.97	2021^st	2167	6.7%
2014	9.29	1971^st	2093	5.8%
2015	13.31	1892^nd	2052	7.8%
2016	14.72	1838^th	2046	10.2%
2017	20.57	1663^rd	2044	18.6%
2018	21.81	1604^th	2037	21.3%
2019	34.14	1338^th	2086	35.9%
2022	25.69	1498^th	2082	28.0%
2023	27.39	1466^th	2077	29.4%
2024	29.71	1407^th	2067	31.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.70	429^th	718	40.3%
2019	59.88	171^st	743	77.0%
2021	32.49	405^th	537	24.6%
2022	46.46	338^th	768	56.0%
2023	49.24	296^th	788	62.4%
2024	41.67	451^st	826	45.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.18	634^th	763	16.9%
2019	26.69	936^th	1194	21.6%
2022	24.87	926^th	1113	16.8%
2023	20.12	1057^th	1156	8.6%
2024	20.70	1055^th	1195	11.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.97	1084^th	1765	38.6%
2019	56.45	648^th	1816	64.3%
2021	48.67	667^th	1514	55.9%
2022	40.26	1015^th	1763	42.4%
2023	46.16	904^th	1808	50.0%
2024	46.36	887^th	1793	50.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.97	1540^th	1964	21.6%
2019	34.79	1282^nd	2019	36.5%
2021	32.59	1093^rd	1680	34.9%
2022	30.71	1304^th	1970	33.8%
2023	32.28	1260^th	1957	35.6%
2024	28.48	1363^rd	1942	29.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.34	753^rd	907	17.0%
2024	27.26	685^th	886	22.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.94	1574^th	1972	20.2%
2019	33.43	1319^th	2019	34.7%
2021	27.15	1209^th	1707	29.2%
2022	21.66	1539^th	1977	22.2%
2023	23.74	1484^th	1984	25.2%
2024	32.45	1256^th	1959	35.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	33.55	459^th	698	34.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	31.89	658^th	938	29.9%
2019	48.51	441^st	955	53.8%
2021	45.61	343^rd	742	53.8%
2022	35.58	590^th	954	38.2%
2023	37.76	590^th	970	39.2%
2024	41.86	521^st	959	45.7%

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Rank History for White students at Cicero East Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	10.50	1400^th	1463	4.3%

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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Cicero East Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	241	2	7	571	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	821
1990	238	1	16	688	1	n/a	n/a	0	944
1991	192	0	11	812	0	n/a	n/a	0	1015
1992	167	1	12	909	0	n/a	n/a	0	1089
1993	148	4	18	987	1	n/a	n/a	0	1158
1994	105	6	5	1057	2	n/a	n/a	0	1175
1995	98	12	4	1196	2	n/a	n/a	0	1312
1996	98	12	4	1196	2	n/a	n/a	0	1312
1997	79	6	8	1244	1	n/a	n/a	0	1338
1998	77	6	4	1282	0	n/a	n/a	0	1369
1999	43	8	2	1043	0	n/a	n/a	0	1096
2000	50	11	2	1038	0	n/a	n/a	0	1101
2001	41	10	2	1171	2	n/a	n/a	0	1226
2002	25	6	3	1139	0	n/a	n/a	0	1173
2003	25	6	3	1139	0	n/a	n/a	0	1173
2004	23	10	1	973	1	n/a	n/a	0	1008
2005	32	17	2	871	0	n/a	n/a	0	922
2006	28	18	2	834	0	n/a	n/a	0	882
2007	24	14	2	830	0	n/a	n/a	0	870
2008	19	15	0	816	0	n/a	n/a	0	850
2009	14	19	2	858	0	n/a	n/a	2	895
2010	17	25	2	839	1	n/a	n/a	4	888
2011	15	16	1	816	7	1	0	0	856
2012	17	18	2	809	12	1	1	0	860
2013	22	11	2	776	13	1	1	0	826
2014	32	11	1	802	11	0	0	0	857
2015	35	16	2	763	16	0	1	0	833
2016	83	20	0	740	17	0	0	0	860
2017	87	24	0	542	200	0	0	0	853
2018	75	29	0	703	33	0	1	0	841
2019	6	26	0	720	1	0	0	0	753
2020	1	5	0	297	0	0	0	0	303
2021	3	7	0	290	0	0	0	0	300
2022	4	8	0	463	0	0	1	0	476
2023	1	4	0	376	0	0	0	0	381
2024	3	6	0	403	0	0	1	0	413

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 Cicero East Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	821	38.0	21.6	n/a
1990	944	48.0	19.6	n/a
1991	1015	49.0	20.7	n/a
1992	1089	41.0	26.5	n/a
1993	1158	52.0	22.3	n/a
1994	1175	52.7	22.3	n/a
1995	1312	52.0	25.2	n/a
1996	1312	52.0	25.2	n/a
1997	1338	56.5	23.7	n/a
1998	1369	52.0	26.3	n/a
1999	1096	55.0	19.9	n/a
2000	1101	49.0	22.5	n/a
2001	1226	55.0	22.3	n/a
2002	1173	53.0	22.1	79.6
2003	1173	53.0	22.1	79.6
2004	1008	61.0	16.5	89.8
2005	922	60.0	15.4	94.3
2006	882	54.0	16.3	90.6
2007	870	63.0	13.8	87.1
2008	850	40.0	21.3	91.6
2009	895	47.0	19.0	90.5
2010	888	47.0	18.8	96.8
2011	856	48.0	17.8	89.1
2012	860	48.0	17.9	95.7
2013	826	62.9	13.1	96.6
2014	857	45.0	19.0	96
2015	833	44.0	18.9	97.6
2016	860	47.0	18.2	97.2
2017	853	47.7	17.8	87.7
2018	841	49.7	16.9	87.9
2019	753	47.8	15.7	98.7
2020	303	18.6	16.2	96
2021	300	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	476	34.0	14.0	67.4
2023	381	27.6	13.7	84.8
2024	413	28.6	14.4	71.7

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 Cicero East Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	821	38.0	21.6	n/a
1990	944	48.0	19.6	n/a
1991	1015	49.0	20.7	n/a
1992	1089	41.0	26.5	n/a
1993	1158	52.0	22.3	n/a
1994	1175	52.7	22.3	n/a
1995	1312	52.0	25.2	n/a
1996	1312	52.0	25.2	n/a
1997	1338	56.5	23.7	n/a
1998	1369	52.0	26.3	n/a
1999	1096	55.0	19.9	n/a
2000	1101	49.0	22.5	n/a
2001	1226	55.0	22.3	n/a
2002	1173	53.0	22.1	79.6
2003	1173	53.0	22.1	79.6
2004	1008	61.0	16.5	89.8
2005	922	60.0	15.4	94.3
2006	882	54.0	16.3	90.6
2007	870	63.0	13.8	87.1
2008	850	40.0	21.3	91.6
2009	895	47.0	19.0	90.5
2010	888	47.0	18.8	96.8
2011	856	48.0	17.8	89.1
2012	860	48.0	17.9	95.7
2013	826	62.9	13.1	96.6
2014	857	45.0	19.0	96
2015	833	44.0	18.9	97.6
2016	860	47.0	18.2	97.2
2017	853	47.7	17.8	87.7
2018	841	49.7	16.9	87.9
2019	753	47.8	15.7	98.7
2020	303	18.6	16.2	96
2021	300	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	476	34.0	14.0	67.4
2023	381	27.6	13.7	84.8
2024	413	28.6	14.4	71.7

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.

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