📍 8130 S California Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60652
CICS - Wrightwood is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 638 pupils enrolled. The Principal is David Lewis. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
CICS - Wrightwood enrolls 638 students across grades K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Black or African American, 5.2% Two or more races and 3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 577 | 90% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 3% |
| White | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
559 of the school's 638 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
CICS - Wrightwood is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-10, state senate district 16, state house district 31.
CICS - Wrightwood is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 638 students, CICS - Wrightwood is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large