Lawrence closing
Robert H Lawrence Elementary School • (773) 535-6320 • South Deering • 9928 S Crandon Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60617
Closest schools to Lawrence
Lawrence is closing
Burnham is receiving students from Lawrence
- Closing
- Impacted
- Other
- 1 mile
- 1.5 miles
- Proposed Attendance Boundary
Lawrence's Demographics
Statistics Race/ethnicityWhy is this school on the closing list?
CPS utilization rate
This year, 398 students were enrolled at Lawrence. However, CPS believes a total of 840 students should be enrolled at Lawrence.
47% 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
- yes ‘02 ‘03
- no ‘03 ‘04
- yes ‘04 ‘05
- yes ‘05 ‘06
- no ‘06 ‘07
- yes ‘07 ‘08
- yes ‘08 ‘09
- yes ‘09 ‘10
- yes ‘10 ‘11
- yes ‘11 ‘12
- yes ‘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.