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Student Well-being

Is my child healthy and supported?

Showing up, feeling safe, and finding something to belong to — here is what the public data says about life at this school, beyond grades.

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How students are doing

Showing up and staying connected.

One of the strongest everyday signals of well-being: whether students make it to school. Every number here is published by CPS — tap "What is this?" on any card for a plain-language explanation.

Chronic absenteeism
%

of students missed 10% or more of the school year

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School CPS District

Lower is better: fewer students missing large amounts of school.

The grey dashed "CPS District" line is the district-wide CPS average — every school across Chicago, all grade levels — not just schools serving the same grades as this one. It is CPS's own published district figure, shown exactly as reported.

24% Network, as published · SY2024-25 40% District, as published · SY2024-25

A student is "chronically absent" when they miss 10% or more of school days in a year — about 18 days, or roughly two days every month. Excused and unexcused absences both count. Research links chronic absence to falling behind in reading and to dropping out, which is why schools watch this number closely.

This rate is the one CPS publishes on the school's own profile. Illinois's official Report Card lists a separate chronic-absenteeism number for this school — usually several points higher — because the state counts enrolled days and attendance a little differently. If you look this school up on the Illinois Report Card, expect that figure to run higher; both are correct, they just count slightly differently.

Cultivate student survey · SY2024-25

Students, in their own words.

Cultivate is a University of Chicago survey that asks students how school feels: whether they belong, whether their voice matters, and whether adults believe in them.

Cultivate Impact Number · SY2024-25
77 %

of students believe their feedback will be used to improve their school

SY2024-25 only — CPS publishes one year at a time
0% 100%
This school · 77% Schools like this one · 78%

"Schools like this one" is the average for Chicago schools serving the same grades as this one — its grade-level peers — not every CPS school. We compare like with like.

88% of students took the survey · SY2024-25

  • Can show how many students shared their experiences.
  • Can show whether students feel their school listens to them and uses their feedback.
  • Can not explain how individual students are feeling or performing.
  • Can not explain exactly why students feel the way they do without more conversations and follow-up.

Learn more about the survey at uchicagoimpact.org.

What the school provides

Do students feel emotionally supported and safe?

Every spring, CPS students take the University of Chicago's 5Essentials survey. These four measures speak most directly to a student's emotional health, relationships, and sense of safety at school.

Data through SY2024-25

Each spoke is one of the four measures. The colored rings show what score range it falls in — dark red near the center means a weak score, dark green at the edge means very strong. The school's polygon sits on top; a dashed outline shows the comparison group.

These are survey scores — when parents get involved, the numbers improve. See how.
What the school provides

How many students share one counselor?

CPS publishes how every school is staffed, including school counselors — the adults most students go to first for academic, social, or emotional support.

Support-staff signal · SY2025-26
422 students for every school counselor
SY2025-26 only — CPS publishes one year at a time
295 CPS average
127 above district

Computed from CPS-published numbers: 843 students (Fall 20th-day enrollment) divided by 2 counselors — combining district-provided positions and any the school added with its own flexible funding.

Source

CPS School Profile pages: chronic absenteeism, behavior & discipline, Cultivate survey participation, clubs & activities, and staffing & school resourcing (counselors). The University of Chicago's 5Essentials Survey supplies the four student-reported measures on emotional health, community resources, peer relationships, and safety.

Coverage

Data through SY2024-25. We show every year the public source reports back to SY2017-18.

How to read this page

Every figure is shown exactly as CPS or UChicago Impact published it — including the grey dashed "CPS District" line on the absenteeism chart, which is CPS's own district-wide rate across every Chicago school. We compute two things ourselves: the Cultivate "schools like this one" average (a simple average of the published Cultivate rate across Chicago schools serving the same grades), and the students-per-counselor ratio (published enrollment divided by published counselor counts, the same method used for the students-per-teacher ratio on the staff page).

Looking for immunization compliance and other school facts? See the school overview page.

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