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Cicero SD 99

Cicero SD 99 in Illinois: 15 public schools with 8,664 students and 14.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $25,882 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 15
Students: 8,664
Students per teacher: 14.8; IL 13.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $25,882; IL $21.4K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 584
Counselors (FTE): 5.0
Students per counselor: 1,733; IL 414 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 8.0; Librarians (FTE): 12.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

32%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 87% of school districts in Illinois

Median 56% · 514 school districts compared

5,208 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Illinois: 39%

23%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 73% of school districts in Illinois

Median 33% · 561 school districts compared

5,200 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$11.4K15

$12.5K16

$15.3K17

$15.9K18

$16.7K19

$19.3K20

$21.2K21

$21.0K22

$23.4K23

$25.9K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 13% · $35.1M
State: 72% · $189.8M
Local: 15% · $40M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $14,904
Support services: $10,095
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $15M
Long-term debt: $51M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 11Middle schools: 3

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
District 99 Early Childhood Ctr	Pre-K	232	24.4	—	—	Cicero
Abe Lincoln Elem School	Pre-K–6	717	12.5	40%	30%	Cicero
Cicero West Elementary School	Pre-K–3	557	14.3	27%	32%	Cicero
Columbus West Elementary School	Pre-K–3	534	13.3	28%	42%	Cicero
Daniel Burnham Elem School	K–2	185	15.3	—	—	Cicero
Drexel Elem School	K–6	396	13.7	37%	19%	Cicero
Goodwin Elementary School	Pre-K–6	502	14.3	32%	24%	Cicero
Liberty Elem School	Pre-K–3	453	13.4	37%	47%	Cicero
Sherlock Elem School	Pre-K–6	583	17.1	31%	25%	Cicero
T Roosevelt Elem School	3–6	450	14.5	26%	22%	Cicero
Warren Park School	Pre-K–6	695	15.6	34%	29%	Cicero
Woodrow Wilson Elem School	K–6	622	16.6	32%	18%	Cicero
Cicero East Elem School	4–6	408	14.8	35%	26%	Cicero
Columbus East Elem School	4–6	411	14.6	33%	19%	Cicero
Unity Jr High School	7–8	1,919	15.3	29%	17%	Cicero

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 5110 W 24th St, Cicero, IL 60804
Phone: (708)863-4856

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.