Scammon Elem School, Chicago IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Scammon Elem School

Scammon Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago's West Side. The school enrolls a diverse student body, with the great majority identifying as Hispanic, alongside smaller numbers of Black, white, and Asian students. The enrollment is stable and spans all elementary and early middle grades fairly evenly.

The school's state assessment results show proficiency rates that are notably below the midpoint among districts in Cook County. In English language arts, third-graders posted a proficiency rate in the low-to-mid forties, but proficiency declines in fourth and fifth grades, settling in the mid-thirties by sixth grade before rising to mid-forties in seventh. In math, the pattern is steeper: third-graders achieve proficiency in the high thirties, but by fourth grade it drops to under thirty percent, and from fifth through eighth it falls further, hitting the low-to-mid teens. Science proficiency data covers only grades five and eight; fifth graders achieve proficiency in the high twenties, while eighth graders do so at under fifteen percent. Testing participation is high across the board. A parent may want to ask the school directly about any recent or ongoing shifts in instructional practice or academic support aimed at strengthening these numbers, particularly in math and in the upper grades.

The school sits in Chicago, a large, dense city of distinct neighborhoods, strong public transit, and a vibrant commercial and civic fabric anchored by the Loop, the lakefront, and the Chicago Park District. Housing costs in the area are moderate relative to national benchmarks. The neighborhood hosts commercial corridors, local schools, and parks deliberately woven into residential blocks rather than isolated campuses. The city has resumed population growth after a decade of decline, and housing approvals are climbing.

Chicago Public Schools has undergone significant changes in recent years. A new elected school board, voted in starting in November 2024, will be fully elected by November 2026, giving parents direct input on district governance. The district adopted a five-year strategic plan in 2024 that reorients priorities toward neighborhood schools, moving away from the school-choice model that defined the system for decades. The district also rolled out a universal PreK-12 curriculum called Skyline across all subjects, standardizing instructional materials for the first time in CPS history. School ratings have shifted from a numeric system to holistic dashboards launched in December 2024, altering how parents evaluate and compare schools.

Scammon is a regular public school, not a charter, serving its neighborhood catchment. Detailed data on special-education enrollment, English learner populations, staff, disciplinary climate, and free-or-reduced-price-lunch rates were not available. The school's academic profile points to students who benefit from additional reading and math support, particularly as they progress through the upper elementary and middle grades.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 29% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 24% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 615%

School 15% · District 23% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 724%

School 24% · District 27% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 23% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 36% · ▲ 8 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 43% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 45% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 48% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 813%

School 13% · District 31% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 14 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.