Moving Everest Charter School, Chicago IL

Original Research by School Decision on Moving Everest Charter School

Moving Everest Charter School is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on the West Side. It enrolls approximately 768 students, with the student body overwhelming majority Black, and smaller shares identifying as Hispanic or multiracial. The school does not report Title I status or free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility, and specific counts for students with disabilities or English learners are not publicly available.

The school participates in Illinois state testing (IAR in English language arts and math; ISA in science) across grades three through eight. The results show consistent challenges across all tested subjects and grade levels. In English language arts, proficiency rates range from around 14 percent to 30 percent, with the lowest performance in seventh grade. Math proficiency is lower still, ranging from around 8 percent to 22 percent, with sixth and seventh grades showing the steepest declines. Science proficiency, assessed in fifth and eighth grades, sits around 16 percent. Across all subjects and grades measured, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile when compared to other schools across Cook County. A parent may want to look into these results further with the school to understand the instructional supports, curriculum, and academic plans in place to address these performance levels.

Participation rates in testing are consistently high, hovering near or at full participation, which indicates strong test completion rates across the school. The most recent testing results also note that state assessment cut scores shifted, so trend comparisons with prior years cannot be reliably made.

The school is part of Chicago Public Schools District 299 and sits within a city that has resumed growth after years of decline. Housing in the Austin zip code is modestly priced relative to the broader county and the state, with median home values and rental rates positioned below county and state medians. The neighborhood itself reflects the demographic concentration visible in the school: the area is predominantly Black and working-class, with lower homeownership and higher rental rates than citywide averages. The Chicago real estate market has begun to stabilize after volatility, and housing supply remains above average in the county.

CPS is undergoing structural changes that may matter to families. The district has transitioned from a mayor-appointed school board to an elected model, with the first elected members taking office in late 2024 and a fully elected board slated for 2026. The district has also adopted a strategic plan ('Together We Rise') that emphasizes neighborhood schools and de-emphasizes the school-choice enrollment patterns that shaped CPS for decades. CPS launched a new universal curriculum called Skyline in 2021 and replaced its long-standing numeric school ratings with new holistic dashboards in late 2024, changing how schools are measured and reported to families.

As a charter school, Moving Everest operates under a charter agreement that sets its governance and accountability apart from district-managed schools, though it remains part of the CPS system. The school's grade band means no graduation rate is available. The specific academic programs, staffing, discipline policies, and attendance data for the school are not in the data provided, so a parent considering this school may want to request those details directly and visit to understand the school's approach to instruction, the peer environment, and the support systems available to students.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 38% · ▼ 16 pts below district

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

Grade 413%

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

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 15 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 68%

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

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

Grade 78%

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

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

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 23% · ▼ 9 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 36% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 39% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 43% · ▼ 16 pts below district

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

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 45% · ▼ 26 pts below district

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

Grade 714%

School 14% · District 46% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 48% · ▼ 21 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 516%

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

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 11 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.