Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Public PK, KG-8

 5252 W Palmer St
       Chicago, IL  60639-3047


(773) 534-2900

District: City of Chicago School District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1920th of 2,077 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,056 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  12.6 Help
Number of students:  479

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
96.5%
African American:
1.7%
White:
0.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  90.8% Help


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Compare Details Belmont-Cragin Elementary School ranks worse than 92.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 363rd among 453 ranked elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.66. (See more...)
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Compare Details Belmont-Cragin Elementary School ranks worse than 84.9% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.1. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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.
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (96.5%), African American (1.7%), White (0.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 90.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School is 12.6, which is the 174th best among 453 elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School is $20,056, which is the 178th highest among 453 elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Belmont-Cragin Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Belmont-Cragin Elementary School 1920th of 2077 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Belmont-Cragin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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SchoolDigger ranks Belmont-Cragin Elementary School 1160th of 1367 Illinois public middle schools. (See Belmont-Cragin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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City of Chicago School District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks City of Chicago School District 299 711th of 823 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 14.61 1732nd 2020 14.3%
2004 40.82 1391st 2030 31.5%
2005 22.52 1703rd 2022 15.8%
2006 36.01 1579th 2086 24.3%
2007 25.82 1744th 2095 16.8%
2008 26.60 1675th 2092 19.9%
2009 11.18 1931st 2120 8.9%
2010 12.69 1941st 2139 9.3%
2011 21.81 1802nd 2147 16.1%
2012 19.21 1873rd 2166 13.5%
2013 20.02 1796th 2167 17.1%
2014 13.36 1885th 2093 9.9%
2015 16.65 1799th 2052 12.3%
2016 17.59 1765th 2046 13.7%
2017 21.07 1652nd 2044 19.2%
2018 15.88 1795th 2037 11.9%
2019 17.96 1792nd 2086 14.1%
2021 12.56 1878th 1948 3.6%
2022 13.51 1931st 2082 7.3%
2023 13.66 1920th 2077 7.6%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.18 478th 718 33.4%
2019 31.74 585th 743 21.3%
2021 24.65 525th 537 2.2%
2022 25.79 694th 768 9.6%
2023 24.59 718th 788 8.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 35.99 707th 1194 40.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.40 1463rd 1765 17.1%
2019 26.85 1457th 1816 19.8%
2021 18.58 1426th 1514 5.8%
2022 19.04 1616th 1763 8.3%
2023 19.37 1646th 1808 9.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.08 1697th 1964 13.6%
2019 12.35 1885th 2019 6.6%
2022 13.82 1817th 1970 7.8%
2023 14.67 1798th 1957 8.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.36 1744th 1972 11.6%
2019 26.17 1495th 2019 26.0%
2022 14.71 1816th 1977 8.1%
2023 14.58 1813th 1984 8.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.50 850th 938 9.4%
2019 22.64 833rd 955 12.8%
2021 18.17 722nd 742 2.7%
2022 15.34 935th 954 2.0%
2023 16.89 919th 970 5.3%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 8.50 1071st 1185 9.6%
2004 34.02 855th 1204 29.0%
2005 45.70 750th 1209 38.0%
2006 30.51 971st 1272 23.7%
2007 47.93 798th 1287 38.0%
2008 38.08 901st 1293 30.3%
2009 43.84 867th 1318 34.2%
2010 34.36 985th 1327 25.8%
2011 29.37 1065th 1344 20.8%
2012 16.68 1205th 1365 11.7%
2013 27.64 1050th 1367 23.2%
2014 22.86 1079th 1322 18.4%
2015 22.72 1027th 1302 21.1%
2016 23.02 1045th 1294 19.2%
2017 21.68 1032nd 1293 20.2%
2018 29.63 902nd 1293 30.2%
2019 22.87 1061st 1356 21.8%
2022 22.76 1046th 1369 23.6%
2023 18.10 1160th 1367 15.1%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.51 237th 285 16.8%
2019 44.48 154th 339 54.6%
2022 42.16 224th 454 50.7%
2023 41.50 248th 480 48.3%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.13 712th 1161 38.7%
2019 31.42 880th 1217 27.7%
2022 34.19 791st 1221 35.2%
2023 23.02 1027th 1234 16.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.89 949th 1226 22.6%
2019 21.34 1020th 1276 20.1%
2022 25.33 946th 1286 26.4%
2023 19.50 1042nd 1275 18.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.05 790th 1223 35.4%
2019 25.87 957th 1296 26.2%
2022 21.85 1006th 1286 21.8%
2023 18.43 1101st 1292 14.8%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.20 401st 590 32.0%
2019 26.61 515th 639 19.4%
2022 24.85 537th 662 18.9%
2023 19.90 583rd 661 11.8%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2002 25 4 1 222 0 n/a n/a 0 252
2003 25 4 1 222 0 n/a n/a 0 252
2004 15 4 0 249 0 n/a n/a 0 268
2005 31 6 3 433 0 n/a n/a 0 473
2006 34 8 7 526 0 n/a n/a 17 592
2007 26 10 11 568 0 n/a n/a 13 628
2008 39 9 9 532 0 n/a n/a 15 604
2009 35 12 9 573 0 n/a n/a 0 629
2010 30 15 6 570 0 n/a n/a 0 621
2011 24 5 5 594 4 0 2 0 634
2012 22 11 2 587 6 1 4 0 633
2013 22 11 2 540 4 1 4 0 584
2014 15 23 2 528 4 2 3 0 577
2015 16 17 1 536 3 1 4 0 578
2016 19 25 0 535 3 1 2 0 585
2017 17 20 0 509 2 0 4 0 552
2018 13 19 4 518 2 0 3 0 559
2019 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
2020 5 14 2 406 2 0 1 0 430
2021 6 13 1 386 2 0 0 0 408
2022 5 14 0 414 2 0 1 0 436
2023 4 8 1 462 2 0 2 0 479

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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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 Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 252 0.0 n/a 81
2003 252 0.0 n/a 81
2004 268 13.1 20.5 84.3
2005 473 16.7 28.3 87.1
2006 592 25.7 23.0 87.7
2007 628 23.0 27.3 39.7
2008 604 25.0 24.2 92.4
2009 629 27.5 22.9 86.5
2010 621 26.0 23.8 92.9
2011 634 23.0 27.5 93.2
2012 633 22.0 28.7 91.8
2013 584 15.2 38.3 89.6
2014 577 16.5 34.9 95
2015 578 25.0 23.1 96.9
2016 585 28.0 20.8 92.1
2017 552 22.1 24.8 92.6
2018 559 24.0 23.2 92.5
2019 0 31.0 0.0 n/a
2020 430 30.0 14.3 91.9
2021 408 n/a n/a n/a
2022 436 40.0 10.9 92.4
2023 479 38.0 12.6 90.8

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 Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 252 0.0 n/a 81
2003 252 0.0 n/a 81
2004 268 13.1 20.5 84.3
2005 473 16.7 28.3 87.1
2006 592 25.7 23.0 87.7
2007 628 23.0 27.3 39.7
2008 604 25.0 24.2 92.4
2009 629 27.5 22.9 86.5
2010 621 26.0 23.8 92.9
2011 634 23.0 27.5 93.2
2012 633 22.0 28.7 91.8
2013 584 15.2 38.3 89.6
2014 577 16.5 34.9 95
2015 578 25.0 23.1 96.9
2016 585 28.0 20.8 92.1
2017 552 22.1 24.8 92.6
2018 559 24.0 23.2 92.5
2019 0 31.0 0.0 n/a
2020 430 30.0 14.3 91.9
2021 408 n/a n/a n/a
2022 436 40.0 10.9 92.4
2023 479 38.0 12.6 90.8

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.

Immunization Rates

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal Meningococcal
201594.4%94.8%94.9%94.8%64.6%93.9%94.3%35.5%
201690.4%91.7%91.9%91.7%58.3%91.2%74.5%43.9%3.5%
201795.3%96.2%96.2%96.2%62.2%95.0%95.5%46.7%8.9%
201896.7%96.8%96.8%96.8%60.5%95.6%96.3%44.7%13.5%
201998.7%98.4%98.4%98.4%55.9%97.5%98.0%36.0%14.8%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $933 (6.6%) $13,206 (93.4%) $14,138
2020 $1,216 (8.2%) $13,626 (91.8%) $14,842
2021 $4,247 (24.3%) $13,210 (75.7%) $17,456
2022 $4,247 (24.3%) $13,210 (75.7%) $17,456
2023 $2,640 (13.2%) $17,415 (86.8%) $20,056

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Belmont-Cragin Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1792nd of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1920th of 2077 Elementary schools
 6.5%
Ranks 1061st of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 1160th of 1367 Middle schools
 6.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)254.4
 20.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)39.419.7
 19.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)17.511.1
 6.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)32.920.9
 12%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)7.412
 4.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)23.225
 1.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)19.24
 15.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)24.116.4
 7.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)8.83.1
 5.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)24.124.1
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)8.80
 8.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)20.715
 5.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)25.89.7
 16.1%
   5th Grade Science (City of Chicago School District 299)40.739.2
 1.5%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)6.79.5
 2.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)22.824.7
 1.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)13.37.1
 6.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)17.714.6
 3.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)16.118.2
 2.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)28.229.7
 1.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)12.99.1
 3.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)21.818.7
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)7.43.7
 3.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)26.231.3
 5.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)11.17.4
 3.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)24.319.5
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Belmont-Cragin Elementary School)48.125.9
 22.2%
   8th Grade Science (City of Chicago School District 299)40.340.3
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students0479
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients90.8%


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Belmont-Cragin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.6% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School are 96% Hispanic, 2% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 479 students attended Belmont-Cragin Elementary School.


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