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Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

4520 South Kedzie Ave

Chicago IL, 60632, Cook County

Phone: 773-535-4050

Ranking:

(2,295 out of 3,028, bottom 24%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Chicago Public School District 299

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	52		73		50		49		52		45		46
Total Students:	1,073		1,031		1,033		1,018		1,101		1,017		919
Kindergarten:	118	11.0%	109	10.6%	128	12.4%	116	11.4%	122	11.1%	122	12.0%	104	11.3%
Grade 1:	127	11.8%	127	12.3%	125	12.1%	124	12.2%	127	11.5%	112	11.0%	97	10.6%
Grade 2:	139	13.0%	132	12.8%	130	12.6%	123	12.1%	119	10.8%	93	9.1%	94	10.2%
Grade 3:	136	12.7%	126	12.2%	124	12.0%	120	11.8%	117	10.6%	101	9.9%	104	11.3%
Grade 4:	117	10.9%	113	11.0%	114	11.0%	116	11.4%	105	9.5%	97	9.5%	106	11.5%
Grade 5:	116	10.8%	118	11.4%	109	10.6%	95	9.3%	104	9.4%	93	9.1%	66	7.2%
Grade 6:	124	11.6%	106	10.3%	95	9.2%	120	11.8%	100	9.1%	77	7.6%	89	9.7%
Grade 7:	108	10.1%	91	8.8%	110	10.6%	93	9.1%	73	6.6%	93	9.1%	96	10.4%
Grade 8:	88	8.2%	109	10.6%	98	9.5%	78	7.7%	103	9.4%	91	8.9%	94	10.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	556	51.8%	527	51.1%	551	53.3%	556	54.6%	589	53.5%	473	46.5%	458	49.8%
Female:	517	48.2%	504	48.9%	482	46.7%	462	45.4%	504	45.8%	536	52.7%	431	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Asian:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%
Hispanic:	1,047	97.6%	1,013	98.3%	1,003	97.1%	997	97.9%	1,061	96.4%	988	97.1%	860	93.6%
Black:	6	0.6%	1	0.1%	6	0.6%	3	0.3%	5	0.5%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%
White:	10	0.9%	11	1.1%	16	1.5%	14	1.4%	33	3.0%	26	2.6%	29	3.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	0.6%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,049	97.8%	963	93.4%	470	45.5%	933	91.7%	1,045	94.9%	916	90.1%	849	92.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	50	4.8%	549	53.1%	65	6.4%	53	4.8%	60	5.9%	67	7.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.63		14.09		20.66		20.78		21.17		22.60		20.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	48.7%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	55.6%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	55.2%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	67.1%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.7%	69.1%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	70.2%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	72.2%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	75.9%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.6%	78.7%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	79.8%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	42.3%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.4%	35.8%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	31.8%	41.3%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	42.1%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.5%	50.9%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.1%	53.2%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.6%	54.6%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.9%	56.4%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.6%	57.8%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.5%	62.6%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.0%	64.6%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.0%	45.3%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	68.9%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	72.2%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	70.6%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	75.2%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.0%	76.3%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.8%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	82.4%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	51.0%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	57.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.8%	56.7%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.4%	57.8%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.7%	58.8%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.8%	59.1%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.3%	62.0%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	65.0%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.7%	45.5%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	39.5%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.7%	40.6%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	47.3%	43.3%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	57.1%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	51.0%	57.3%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50.9%	56.0%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	58.9%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.5%	60.2%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.2%	66.4%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.0%	69.2%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	73.8%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.7%	44.0%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	50.9%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	49.7%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	58.3%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.0%	65.3%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	65.7%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	69.1%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	71.6%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75.1%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.5%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	49.5%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	38.8%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	42.7%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	43.4%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	49.9%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	52.5%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.5%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.7%	57.6%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	59.5%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	63.4%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.0%	65.4%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.8%	43.8%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	62.3%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.8%	66.8%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.0%	69%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	71.1%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	74.4%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.4%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	77.9%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	51.5%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.0%	59.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.2%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64%	67.0%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	68.3%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	70.3%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	76.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.0%	73.7%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.2%	49.4%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.0%	62.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	65.9%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	68.2%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	72.4%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	76.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.2%	77.6%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	79.0%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	53.3%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	62.8%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	62.9%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	69.2%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	67.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	72.6%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	70.9%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	51.9%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	56.2%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	66%	56.0%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	53.1%	54.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	68.4%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	62.5%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	63.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65.3%	64.8%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	80.8%	70.6%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	73.0%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	71.8%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44%	30.7%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	33.3%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.3%	32.3%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	64.6%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	71.1%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	69.3%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	72.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.5%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.9%	81.4%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	80.6%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	53.9%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64%	50.5%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	54.6%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	59.4%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	72.1%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	77.9%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	75.0%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	77.6%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	78.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	80.7%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	83.1%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	52.5%	59.8%

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* Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.