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Calmeca Academy Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1861st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 9% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Calmeca Academy Elementary School is a public school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 628 students in grades PK-8. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 698 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Calmeca Academy Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Calmeca Academy Elementary School significantly underperforms compared to the district and state in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 28.8% of Calmeca students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, only 8.5% of Calmeca students were proficient or better, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school also has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.3% to 40.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Calmeca Academy Elementary School struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 50% of Illinois elementary schools for Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

When comparing Calmeca Academy Elementary School to nearby schools in the same district, it becomes clear that the school is underperforming compared to its peers. For example, Burroughs Elementary School and Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy, which are within a mile of Calmeca, significantly outperform Calmeca in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency. Despite the relatively high spending per student at Calmeca Academy Elementary School, the school's academic outcomes suggest that the resources are not being effectively utilized to support student learning, raising questions about the school's resource allocation and the need for a more targeted and strategic approach to improving educational outcomes.

605
Students ?
14.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,736
Per pupil spending ?
82.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3456 W 38th St
       Chicago, IL  60632-3304

(773) 535-7000

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Calmeca Academy Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Thomas Kelly College Preparatory
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
97.4%
White:
0.8%
Asian:
0.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 19th percentile in 2015 → 9th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (18% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school18%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,861st of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 9%▼ down 10 pts since 2015
From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,090th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 20%▼ down 12 pts since 2015
From bottom 32% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
352nd of 451Elementary Schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299
698th of 811Chicago Public Schools District 299 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.41861 of 20569.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.81949 of 20675.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.71946 of 20776.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.31895 of 20829.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.81767 of 19489.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.11812 of 208613.1%★☆☆☆☆
201816.91766 of 203713.3%★☆☆☆☆
201716.01795 of 204412.2%★☆☆☆☆
201618.11742 of 204614.9%★☆☆☆☆
201522.21652 of 205219.5%★☆☆☆☆
201414.51863 of 209311.0%★☆☆☆☆
201318.11851 of 216714.6%★☆☆☆☆
201219.01877 of 216613.3%★☆☆☆☆
201123.91768 of 214717.7%★☆☆☆☆
201033.81599 of 213925.2%★☆☆☆☆
200936.51533 of 212027.7%★☆☆☆☆
200828.31640 of 209221.6%★☆☆☆☆
200726.41734 of 209517.2%★☆☆☆☆
200638.01547 of 208625.8%★☆☆☆☆
200531.51554 of 202223.1%★☆☆☆☆
200417.71737 of 203014.4%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.1845 of 104919.4%★☆☆☆☆
202426.3702 of 88620.8%★☆☆☆☆
202322.0809 of 90710.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.9624 of 78820.8%★☆☆☆☆
202424.5749 of 8269.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.1734 of 7886.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202229.2635 of 76817.3%★☆☆☆☆
202124.9508 of 5375.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201937.1494 of 74333.5%★★☆☆☆
201825.6645 of 71810.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.21789 of 19427.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.71871 of 19423.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.51886 of 19573.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.21801 of 19708.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.31607 of 16804.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.71751 of 201913.3%★☆☆☆☆
201816.61711 of 196412.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202514.9919 of 9826.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.8916 of 9594.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.6939 of 9703.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.9913 of 9544.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.2671 of 7429.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.7858 of 95510.2%★☆☆☆☆
201820.8844 of 93810.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.81622 of 18009.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.41704 of 17935.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.21716 of 18085.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.61590 of 17639.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.41404 of 15147.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.91490 of 181618.0%★☆☆☆☆
201825.21440 of 176518.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202514.21724 of 194711.5%★☆☆☆☆
202415.91727 of 195911.8%★☆☆☆☆
202315.61771 of 198410.7%★☆☆☆☆
202215.61775 of 197710.2%★☆☆☆☆
202115.91535 of 170710.1%★☆☆☆☆
201917.91737 of 201914.0%★☆☆☆☆
201819.91646 of 197216.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.41045 of 129219.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.6982 of 119517.8%★☆☆☆☆
202321.41025 of 115611.3%★☆☆☆☆
202223.7976 of 111312.3%★☆☆☆☆
201926.2952 of 119420.3%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202521.31090 of 136820.3%★☆☆☆☆
202418.41137 of 136316.6%★☆☆☆☆
202319.51125 of 136717.7%★☆☆☆☆
202225.2994 of 136927.4%★☆☆☆☆
202125.8910 of 124126.7%★☆☆☆☆
201924.31037 of 135623.5%★☆☆☆☆
201823.01007 of 129322.1%★☆☆☆☆
201728.1930 of 129328.1%★☆☆☆☆
201638.0770 of 129440.5%★★☆☆☆
201530.8881 of 130232.3%★★☆☆☆
201440.7806 of 132239.0%★★☆☆☆
201333.4970 of 136729.0%★☆☆☆☆
201236.1977 of 136528.4%★☆☆☆☆
201147.8802 of 134440.3%★★☆☆☆
201063.5556 of 132758.1%★★★☆☆
200949.5785 of 131840.4%★★☆☆☆
200830.0991 of 129323.4%★☆☆☆☆
200753.1714 of 128744.5%★★☆☆☆
200628.7989 of 127222.2%★☆☆☆☆
200533.5862 of 120928.7%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202543.6317 of 69454.3%★★★☆☆
202431.0455 of 63928.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.9503 of 67425.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202537.1299 of 48338.1%★★☆☆☆
202437.0308 of 48636.6%★★☆☆☆
202337.0297 of 48038.1%★★☆☆☆
202237.1293 of 45435.5%★★☆☆☆
201932.8274 of 33919.2%★☆☆☆☆
201834.1214 of 28524.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.81028 of 124817.6%★☆☆☆☆
202420.61008 of 125119.4%★☆☆☆☆
202317.31093 of 127514.3%★☆☆☆☆
202227.9896 of 128630.3%★★☆☆☆
201928.8929 of 127627.2%★☆☆☆☆
201823.2958 of 122621.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.2532 of 66920.5%★☆☆☆☆
202421.6543 of 64315.6%★☆☆☆☆
202322.6562 of 66115.0%★☆☆☆☆
202228.4500 of 66224.5%★☆☆☆☆
202117.9486 of 5176.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.8512 of 63919.9%★☆☆☆☆
201825.0486 of 59017.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.3887 of 122927.8%★☆☆☆☆
202425.9945 of 121922.5%★☆☆☆☆
202328.8915 of 123425.9%★☆☆☆☆
202236.4738 of 122139.6%★★☆☆☆
202132.7692 of 101932.1%★★☆☆☆
201934.9807 of 121733.7%★★☆☆☆
201832.3813 of 116130.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.5955 of 127124.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.61044 of 126417.4%★☆☆☆☆
202322.71007 of 129222.1%★☆☆☆☆
202223.4985 of 128623.4%★☆☆☆☆
201920.91047 of 129619.2%★☆☆☆☆
201823.5954 of 122322.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.3567 of 81230.2%★★☆☆☆
202428.6576 of 80228.2%★☆☆☆☆
202332.3518 of 80535.7%★★☆☆☆
202227.3635 of 78118.7%★☆☆☆☆
201924.7700 of 79211.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.2375 of 60237.7%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2025)21st percentile+11 vs school
Disabled (2025)19th percentile+10 vs school
Special Education (2025)19th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2025)11th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school
Female (2025)8th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)6th percentile-3 vs school
Middle school
Disabled (2025)54th percentile+34 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)38th percentile+18 vs school
Special Education (2025)30th percentile+10 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)25th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)20th percentile~ school
Female (2025)18th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts29%-24 vs state
Science18%-25 vs state
Mathematics8%-30 vs state

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Students who attend Calmeca Academy Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Thomas Kelly College Preparatory

Calmeca Academy Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 605 students attended Calmeca Academy Elementary School.

Students at Calmeca Academy Elementary School are 97% Hispanic.


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