Ingenuity State of the Arts Report 2016-17 Ingenuity_SOTA_2016-17 | Page 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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AT A
GLANCE
97% of CPS schools completed the Creative Schools Survey,
the highest survey participation to date.
● 9
 9% of elementary schools and 89% of high schools completed
the survey
88%
KEY
FINDINGS
97%
88%
86%
57%
681
664
total schools
in district total schools
in district
2012–13 2013–14
664
660
653
total schools
in district total schools
in district total schools
in district
2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
SCHOOL YEAR
The percentage of schools certified as
Strong or Excelling in the arts continued
to grow.
57%
50%
60%
66%
Elementary schools continue to perform
better than high schools on the Creative
Schools Certification, though the gap
between the two is narrowing.
 Elementary Schools
 High Schools
SCHOOL YEAR
● 6
 6% of schools achieved a score of Strong or
Excelling, an increase of 128% since 2012–13
●  73% of CPS students, or more than 250,000
students, attended a school that was rated
as Strong or Excelling
●  The overall improvement in schools rated
Strong or Excelling in 2016–17 came primarily
among schools that responded in previous
years, not because of high scores received
by new responders
INGENUITY | STATE OF THE ARTS
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●  72% of elementary schools and 50% of
high schools are Strong or Excelling
29%
2
4
72%
69%
35%
2015–16
50%
2016–17
SCHOOL YEAR