Evers Elem School, Chicago IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Evers Elem School

Evers Elem serves a small enrollment across grades pre-K through 8 in the South Side of Chicago, on South Lowe Avenue. The student body is predominantly Black, with a small Hispanic population and minimal other representation. State test data for 2024-25 shows that proficiency is low across the school. In math, students in grades 3 through 8 show proficiency rates in the single digits to low double digits, with grade 5 at only a handful of students proficient and grade 4 at around a fifth reaching proficiency. In English language arts, the pattern is more mixed: grades 3 and 4 stay in the low-to-mid twenties, grade 5 jumps to mid-forties, grades 6 and 7 settle in the low-to-mid thirties, and grade 8 reaches the low sixties. Science results are available only for grades 5 and 8; both show proficiency around one in five students. Across both tested subjects and grades where data exists, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among the more than a hundred schools with comparable data in Cook County.

Students attend nearly every testing day. Participation rates across most grades run at full or near-full attendance, with only one or two grades slightly below that. This suggests the school is not facing significant assessment participation gaps.

The school's enrollment is stable and small. About half the grades have around twenty students each, with a total census of just over two hundred. The lack of free-or-reduced-price-lunch data means the family income context cannot be stated from district records, though the neighborhood and the data pattern suggest a resource-limited population. Information on special education and English learner populations was not available in the records reviewed.

The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It sits within Chicago Public Schools District 299 and follows the district's curriculum framework, Skyline, which was rolled out district-wide beginning in 2021-22 as the first comprehensive PreK-12 curriculum in CPS history. The district is in transition: in 2024 the board moved toward full election rather than mayoral appointment, and released a "Together We Rise" strategic plan that emphasizes strengthening neighborhood schools rather than school-choice options. In late 2024, CPS replaced its old numeric ratings with new holistic school dashboards, so parents should expect a different picture of school quality metrics going forward than what existed before.

Housing in the immediate area (the 60628 zip code) runs well below both Cook County and state medians. Modest growth in rental and home markets alongside rising rents reflects city-wide dynamics of rising housing demand and the city's resumption of growth after years of decline. The area is served by Chicago Transit Authority bus and the broader transit network, though school buildings themselves sit embedded in their neighborhood fabric rather than on isolated campuses.

Evers Elem's very low state test results are a central fact for families considering it. A parent may want to look closely at what school and classroom practices are in place to address this, what supports exist for students at earlier grade levels, and what the school's own assessment and plan is for raising proficiency. The grade-level variation in English language arts, with grade 8 performing significantly higher than lower grades, may offer clues about where instruction is stronger or where older students have benefited from longer time in the school. Staff size, teacher stability, intervention programs, and parent communication practices are all relevant details the school itself can speak to directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 314%

School 14% · District 38% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 29% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 54%

School 4% · District 24% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 612%

School 12% · District 23% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 713%

School 13% · District 27% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 23% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 36% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 39% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 43% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 45% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 729%

School 29% · District 46% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 48% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 29% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 31% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolChicago Public Schools Dist 299, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.