Stone Elem Scholastic Academy, Chicago IL

Original Research by School Decision on Stone Elem Scholastic Academy

Stone Elem Scholastic Academy is a neighborhood elementary and middle school serving about half a thousand students from kindergarten through eighth grade in Chicago's North Leavitt area. The school enrolls children across this full span, with classroom sizes generally consistent across grades and a notable uptick in sixth and seventh grade enrollment.

The student body is diverse in racial and ethnic composition, with Asian students representing the largest share, followed by white and Black students, and smaller proportions of Hispanic, multiracial, and Native American students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about the socioeconomic profile of its community.

On state assessments, the school shows an uneven academic picture. In English language arts, performance is bifurcated: third and fourth graders score in the mid-range, but fifth through eighth graders post substantially higher proficiency, with grades five through eight all approaching or exceeding strong marks. This pattern suggests either a shift in how the school teaches reading and writing at the upper grades, or differences in which students remain enrolled by that point. Math tells a different story. Third graders score solidly, but fourth and fifth graders decline slightly, sixth grade drops notably lower, and eighth grade falls to roughly one-third of students meeting proficiency. Sixth and eighth grade math results are a particular area where a parent might want to look into further with the school to understand whether this is a known pattern, what instruction looks like, and what support exists. Science proficiency at grades five and eight sits near halfway, neither especially strong nor critically low.

Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency rate ranks in the top quartile among schools across Cook County districts, a position that reflects its solid and sometimes strong results but also suggests the school is performing better than many similar schools in its broader region.

The neighborhood itself sits in Chicago's densely built North Side, a walker-friendly area with access to transit and lakefront communities. Housing in the area carries moderate value with active market activity, and the broader Chicago region has returned to growth after years of decline. The city is resuming residential development and adding housing approvals, with particular focus on downtown and lakefront neighborhoods. The school sits within Chicago Public Schools District 299, a large urban district currently transitioning from a mayoral board to an elected one and pursuing a shift in enrollment policy toward neighborhood school strengthening rather than school choice and selective admissions. The district recently replaced its numeric school ratings with new accountability dashboards and has adopted a PreK-12 universal curriculum called Skyline, available at no cost to schools.

Grade-band testing and scope of available data mean that high school performance and graduation rates do not apply to this school. Civil rights and disciplinary data, detailed staffing, attendance rates, and specialized program offerings were not available in the data provided; a parent considering this school would want to request those details directly.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 38% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 29% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 24% · ▲ 40 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 23% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 766%

School 66% · District 27% · ▲ 39 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 45 pts above county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 23% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 36% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 39% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 43% · ▲ 45 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 686%

School 86% · District 45% · ▲ 41 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Grade 787%

School 87% · District 46% · ▲ 41 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 886%

School 86% · District 48% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Science

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 29% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 31% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above 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.