Warren Park School, Cicero IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Warren Park School

Warren Park School is a kindergarten-through-sixth-grade school serving a predominantly Hispanic student population in Cicero, a densely built, working-class town just west of Chicago. The school enrollment is small to moderate for its grade band, with roughly equal-sized groups across grades. Most students speak Spanish at home; the data does not report the share of English learners or the rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, which would help clarify economic need, so a parent may want to look into that directly with the school or district.

State testing results from the most recent year show proficiency that sits in the bottom quartile among Cook County's districts. In third grade, fewer than half of students reached proficiency in math, and about one-third met the mark in English language arts. Performance in fourth and fifth grades drops more sharply, with only about one-fifth of students proficient in math and one-fifth to two-fifths in reading, depending on the grade. Sixth-grade math performance improves somewhat, while reading proficiency climbs to about two-fifths. Science proficiency in fifth grade sits at roughly three in ten students. These results reflect significant academic gaps. The district adopted structured literacy instruction starting in 2021 as part of its strategic plan, with an explicit focus on decoding and word recognition, and has also implemented a Professional Learning Communities model to guide how teachers use data to plan lessons. These are district-wide, lasting changes meant to move the needle on reading and math. A parent may want to ask the school and district directly what progress they have seen since those shifts and what additional supports are available for students who are behind.

The school has state testing data for grades three through six only. Grades seven and eight do not appear in the results, which is consistent with the school's stated grade band of kindergarten through sixth grade; the school does not serve those grades, so no state assessment data exists for them.

Cicero itself is a fully built-out inner-ring suburb with a strong Hispanic cultural presence. The town has been revitalized over the past few decades as a working-class neighborhood with active commercial corridors, transit access via the CTA Pink Line, and community anchors like the public library and park system. Housing values have been climbing modestly and remain below the Illinois and national benchmarks, making the area relatively affordable for the region. Median rents have also risen but remain moderate. The local economy is anchored by manufacturing, retail, and service work, with major employers including the school district itself, Morton College, and industrial operations. The area is highly walkable, with dense mixed-use development and good access to transit and shops on foot.

Warren Park School is embedded in a neighborhood setting rather than isolated on a campus. The Warren Park neighborhood is one of eight named districts within Cicero. For families in the area, this is a neighborhood-based elementary school serving a predominantly Hispanic, working-class community with modest housing costs and strong transit ties. The academic results show real challenges, particularly in math and in the upper elementary grades, and the district has made curriculum and instructional shifts aimed at improvement. Parents considering this school should understand that proficiency is below the county median and ask the school about its implementation of structured literacy, how it tracks progress on those goals, and what intervention and support tiers exist for students who are not keeping pace.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 349%

School 49% · District 36% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 29% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 18% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 22% · ▲ 3 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 28% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 28% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 37% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 40% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 25% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

This schoolCicero SD 99, 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.