The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Math. The lowest is 37% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Liberty Elem School
Liberty Elementary School serves pre-K through third grade in Cicero, a densely built, working-class town just west of Chicago with a predominantly Hispanic population. The school sits in a neighborhood where most errands are walkable and where transit options, including the CTA Pink Line, connect residents to broader Chicago.
The school enrolls a modest cohort of students across five grades, with the largest concentrations in kindergarten through third grade. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a very small number of students identifying as Black, White, or multiracial. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility was not available, though the school's location and community context suggest a population with varied economic circumstances. Information on special education enrollment and English learner status was not reported.
In terms of academic performance, Liberty Elementary has state testing results for third grade only, where both math and English language arts proficiency were below the district and state context. In math, the school's proficiency rate was in the lower-middle range among Cook County's tested schools. In English language arts, proficiency was notably lower. The school did not report testing data for grades four through eight, a gap that reflects the school's actual grade band: Liberty serves only pre-K through grade three, so students exit before state testing at the fourth-grade level and above.
Cicero School District 99, Liberty's parent district, has undertaken sustained curriculum shifts that affect how the school teaches reading and math. The district adopted structured literacy with explicit, systematic instruction in foundational word-recognition and decoding, and this change has shown district-wide gains in reading outcomes. The district also embraced the Professional Learning Communities model, training staff and embedding collaborative inquiry cycles into instructional planning. These changes shape the school's day-to-day work, though individual school performance reflects the local effect of district initiatives plus school-level variables.
The school serves a neighborhood where housing values have risen modestly and remain relatively accessible compared to countywide Cook County standards. Cicero itself is a fully built-out community where growth is incremental; the town is focused on neighborhood revitalization, housing preservation, and weatherization upgrades. Employment comes from a mix of manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and institutions like Morton College and the school district itself. The civic core centers on Cermak Road, where the library, Town Hall, and commercial corridors are concentrated.
Parents considering Liberty Elementary may want to look further into the school's class composition, instructional practices within the structured literacy framework, and how third-grade proficiency data trends over time, since the school serves an early elementary span and students' later outcomes depend on continuity of instruction across grades and districts.
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