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Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy Primary School
4520 South Kedzie Ave
Chicago IL, 60632, Cook County
Phone: 773-535-4050
Ranking: 
(2,446 out of 3,088, bottom 21%)*
(2,446 out of 3,088, bottom 21%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten 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
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 52 | 45 | 46 | |||
| Total Students: | 1,101 | 1,017 | 919 | |||
| Prekindergarten: | 131 | 11.9% | 138 | 13.6% | 69 | 7.5% |
| Kindergarten: | 122 | 11.1% | 122 | 12.0% | 104 | 11.3% |
| Grade 1: | 127 | 11.5% | 112 | 11.0% | 97 | 10.6% |
| Grade 2: | 119 | 10.8% | 93 | 9.1% | 94 | 10.2% |
| Grade 3: | 117 | 10.6% | 101 | 9.9% | 104 | 11.3% |
| Grade 4: | 105 | 9.5% | 97 | 9.5% | 106 | 11.5% |
| Grade 5: | 104 | 9.4% | 93 | 9.1% | 66 | 7.2% |
| Grade 6: | 100 | 9.1% | 77 | 7.6% | 89 | 9.7% |
| Grade 7: | 73 | 6.6% | 93 | 9.1% | 96 | 10.4% |
| Grade 8: | 103 | 9.4% | 91 | 8.9% | 94 | 10.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 589 | 53.5% | 473 | 46.5% | 458 | 49.8% |
| Female: | 504 | 45.8% | 536 | 52.7% | 431 | 46.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 1,061 | 96.4% | 988 | 97.1% | 860 | 93.6% |
| Black | 5 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| White: | 33 | 3.0% | 26 | 2.6% | 29 | 3.2% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,045 | 94.9% | 916 | 90.1% | 849 | 92.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 53 | 4.8% | 60 | 5.9% | 67 | 7.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
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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.