Nicholson Receiving
Nicholson Technology Academy • (773) 535-3285 • Englewood • 6006 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60621
Closest schools to Nicholson
Bontemps, Woods Acad is closing
Nicholson is receiving students from Bontemps. Nicholson is also a proposed neighborhood school for children living in the Woods Acad boundary who are not currently attending Woods Acad
- Closing
- Impacted
- Other
- 1 mile
- 1.5 miles
- Proposed Attendance Boundary
Nicholson's Demographics
Statistics Race/ethnicityThis school is not on a closing list
CPS utilization rate
This year, 469 students were enrolled at Nicholson. However, CPS believes a total of 930 students should be enrolled at Nicholson.
50% utilized by CPS calculations
Underutilized
To learn more about how CPS utilization calculations may not be accurate, see CPS Apples 2 Apples.
Source: CPS Space Utilization and Enrollment Data for School Year 2012-2013
CPS performance level
The Performance Level is the CPS indicator of school quality based on a formula that uses ISAT test scores and attendance rates. Level 1 indicates a school that has the highest scores on this metric, and Level 3 is the lowest.
- Level1
- Level2
- Level3
Level 1 is best
What do we know about this school?
Does student performance improve over time?
The percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards on standardized tests is tracked for one group, or cohort, of students from grades 3—8. This shows how a specific set of students performed over time.
Source: IIRC Source
Is this school organized for improvement?
The University of Chicago identifies five basic elements of a successful school and rates each school based on the results of yearly student and teacher surveys.
2011
2012
- Very strong
- Strong
- Neutral
- Weak
- Very weak
- No data
Source: 5Essentials
How stable is the school?
The trends in probation status, mobility rate and enrollment, described below, help show how stable a school has been. It is more difficult to get a clear picture of a school if it is changing.
Probation status trend
Each year CPS evaluates schools to determine if they should be placed on probation and targeted for improvement measures. Schools on probation tend to have more leadership changes.
- No ‘96 ‘97
- No ‘97 ‘98
- No ‘98 ‘99
- No ‘99 ‘00
- No ‘00 ‘01
- No ‘01 ‘02
- No ‘02 ‘03
- No ‘03 ‘04
- Yes ‘04 ‘05
- Yes ‘05 ‘06
- No ‘06 ‘07
- Yes ‘07 ‘08
- Yes ‘08 ‘09
- No ‘09 ‘10
- No ‘10 ‘11
- No ‘11 ‘12
- No ‘12 ‘13
Mobility rate trend
When a school has a high mobility rate, it is more difficult to tell whether a school is making progress.
Enrollment trend
The number of students attending the school, taken on the 20th day of each school year. CPS will consider only the past three years of enrollment trends in their school closings decisions.