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CICS - Bond Campus

Public, Charter Grades K-6
1885th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

CICS - Bond Campus is an elementary public charter school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 263 students in grades K-6. 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.

CICS - Bond Campus consistently underperforms compared to the district and state in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 20% of CICS - Bond Campus students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was even lower at 13.1%, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 25.4% to 43.6% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

When comparing CICS - Bond Campus to nearby schools within the same district, such as Owens Community Academy Elementary School and Carver Primary School, CICS - Bond Campus consistently underperforms in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Owens Community Academy Elementary School had 41.6% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to only 20% at CICS - Bond Campus. Even when compared to schools in the neighboring Dolton School District 148, which is also a low-performing district, CICS - Bond Campus still underperforms, with Park Elementary School in Dolton having 43.5% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to only 20% at CICS - Bond Campus.

279
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,856
Per pupil spending ?
90%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 13300 S Langley Ave
       Chicago, IL  60827-1396

(773) 468-1300

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

African American:
98.6%
Hispanic:
1.1%
Two or more races:
0.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2019 → 8th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (15% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (44% vs 25% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school15%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
1,885th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▲ up 2 pts since 2019
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
362nd 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202511.61885 of 20568.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.11848 of 206710.6%★☆☆☆☆
202314.21903 of 20778.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.42022 of 20822.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.51780 of 19488.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.01962 of 20865.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202534.0459 of 68833.3%★★☆☆☆
202434.5429 of 65534.5%★★☆☆☆
202335.0449 of 69235.1%★★☆☆☆
202227.5564 of 68417.5%★☆☆☆☆
202135.0264 of 42838.3%★★☆☆☆
201932.4494 of 71130.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.51696 of 194212.7%★☆☆☆☆
202415.31745 of 194210.1%★☆☆☆☆
202320.11598 of 195718.3%★☆☆☆☆
202212.31883 of 19704.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.31606 of 16804.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.91819 of 20199.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.11590 of 180011.7%★☆☆☆☆
202423.81483 of 179317.3%★☆☆☆☆
202320.71609 of 180811.0%★☆☆☆☆
202215.31714 of 17632.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.81310 of 151413.5%★☆☆☆☆
201918.91662 of 18168.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202511.81793 of 19477.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.91652 of 195915.7%★☆☆☆☆
202311.11925 of 19843.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.51896 of 19774.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.31559 of 17078.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.61944 of 20193.7%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2025)33rd percentile+25 vs school
Female (2025)13th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)8th percentile~ school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts20%-33 vs state
Mathematics13%-25 vs state
Science10%-30 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 279 students attended CICS - Bond Campus.

Students at CICS - Bond Campus are 99% African American, 1% Hispanic.

CICS - Bond Campus ranks in the bottom 8.3% of Illinois elementary schools.


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