Shoop Math-sci Tech Elem Academy, Chicago IL

Original Research by School Decision on Shoop Math-sci Tech Elem Academy

Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy is a public elementary and middle school serving pre-K through eighth grade in Chicago's South Side. The school has about four hundred students across a small, evenly distributed enrollment that spans the full pre-K to eighth grade range, with early grades in the forties and middle grades in the upper thirties to mid-forties per cohort.

The student body is heavily concentrated in one demographic: more than the vast majority of students identify as Black, with small numbers of students identifying as Hispanic, multiracial, White, or American Indian/Alaska Native. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch rates or English learner or special education enrollment, so a parent may want to look directly into the school to understand the composition of economically disadvantaged students or students with additional support needs.

Academic performance across state testing has been substantially low. In the most recent state assessment year, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among districts across Cook County. Math proficiency rates, grade by grade, are markedly low, ranging from roughly none proficient at the sixth-grade level to around one-third at the third-grade level, with most grades landing in the single digits to low teens. English language arts proficiency shows slightly higher results, with some grades in the low-to-mid forties and others in the mid-twenties to low thirties, but remains well below typical proficiency expectations. Science proficiency, tested in fifth and eighth grades, is in the low teens. Participation rates across all tests are strong, generally in the mid-to-high nineties, so the low proficiency figures reflect actual performance rather than missing test-takers.

The school carries the name Math-Sci Tech Academy, indicating a focus or track in mathematics, science, and technology. The extent of special programming or how that focus shapes instruction or course offerings is not detailed in the available data, so a parent may want to inquire with the school directly about how that emphasis shows up in the day-to-day curriculum and how it is resourced.

The school is part of Chicago Public Schools District 299. The district is currently transitioning its governance: the first elected school board members took office in late 2024, and a fully elected twenty-one-member board will take office in late 2026. Separately, the district replaced its former numeric school ratings in late 2024 with holistic accountability dashboards, so the way schools are publicly evaluated and compared has shifted. The district has also adopted a five-year strategic plan emphasizing neighborhood schools and backing away from selective enrollment and choice-based admissions. Additionally, all CPS schools now have access to Skyline, a free district-developed PreK-12 curriculum covering English language arts, math, science, social science, world languages, and arts.

The Chicago housing market in the school's zip code shows median home values in the low-to-mid range for the region and median rents roughly stable with moderate annual increases. The broader Cook County market is moderately supplied relative to demand, and mortgage rates remain in the upper six percent range.

The school's low test proficiency across grades and subjects is the most pressing data point a parent would need to evaluate. A family considering Shoop would benefit from direct conversation with the school about the trajectory of performance, what academic support and intervention systems are in place, how the math-science-tech focus is enacted, and what gains, if any, have been made in recent years. The data provided does not include trend information, so understanding whether performance is improving or declining would be essential context.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 38% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 29% · ▼ 9 pts below district

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

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 24% · ▼ 14 pts below district

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

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 23% · ▼ 23 pts below district

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

Grade 719%

School 19% · District 27% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 23% · ▼ 19 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 36% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 39% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 43% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 45% · ▼ 18 pts below district

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

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 46% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 48% · ▼ 23 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 29% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 31% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 12 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.