Edgar Allan Poe Elementary Classical School
CPS selective (SEES) · K-8
At a glance
87% of students met or exceeded standards on the 2025 IAR - in the top 10% of CPS elementary schools with published results (ISBE Report Card 2025). 9% of students were chronically absent in 2025 - below what's typical for CPS elementary schools (ISBE Report Card 2025). On the 5Essentials survey, school leadership was rated ‘Very Weak’ and teacher collaboration was rated ‘Weak’ (5Essentials spring 2024 survey - benchmarked levels relative to Illinois statewide, spring 2013, not percentages). In 2024–25, 348 applications were recorded for 24 offers (GoCPS, 2024–25 school year - the most recent seat data SchoolNav has).
- Cultural fit
- 9% of students were chronically absent in 2025 - below what's typical for CPS elementary schools (ISBE Report Card 2025). Family involvement was rated ‘Strong’ on the 5Essentials survey (5Essentials spring 2024 survey - benchmarked levels relative to Illinois statewide, spring 2013, not percentages).
- Academic performance
- 87% of students met or exceeded standards on the 2025 IAR - in the top 10% of CPS elementary schools with published results (ISBE Report Card 2025). Adjusted for low-income share, results sit in the top 10% of CPS schools with published IAR results (adjusted view, disclosed method - ISBE Report Card 2025).
- Academic fit
- Instruction was rated ‘Strong’ on the 5Essentials survey (5Essentials spring 2024 survey - benchmarked levels relative to Illinois statewide, spring 2013, not percentages). On the 5Essentials survey, school leadership was rated ‘Very Weak’ and teacher collaboration was rated ‘Weak’ (5Essentials spring 2024 survey - benchmarked levels relative to Illinois statewide, spring 2013, not percentages).
- Social-emotional fit
- 90% of students with IEPs spend most of the school day in general classrooms - above what's typical for CPS elementary schools (ISBE Report Card 2025).
Computed from published data with its source and year on every clause - a description, never a grade. How the adjusted view works
Basics
- Address
- 10538 S LANGLEY AVE
- Neighborhood
- Pullman
- Phone
- (773)535-5525
- Hours
- Unknown - not verified yet
- Website
- https://poe.cps.edu
- Climate survey
- Involved families
- Strong
- Supportive environment
- Neutral
- Ambitious instruction
- Strong
- Effective leaders
- Very Weak
- Collaborative teachers
- Weak
- Safety (student-reported)
- Neutral
- Overall organization
- Moderately Organized
UChicago 5Essentials levels from the spring 2024 survey (CPS Progress Reports SY2425, verified 2026-09-16) - benchmarked categories relative to Illinois statewide, spring 2013, not percentages. A school can answer mostly positively and still rate below the benchmark typical.
Full 2024 report (UChicago)- the survey these levels come from·2026 report- newer survey, new benchmark
5Essentials - the latest survey in detail
Teacher-Parent Trust, Parent Involvement in School, and Parent Supportiveness are rated above the CPS average; Instructional Leadership, Collective Responsibility, and Socialization of New Teachers are rated below it this year.
From the 2026 CPS 5Essentials survey (25-26). Scores are benchmarked 1–99 (not percentages) - higher is stronger, and each is shown against the CPS average that same year. This is a newer survey on a different benchmark than the component levels above, so the two aren’t directly comparable.
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Ambitious Instruction
52 ▼ below the CPS average (56)- Academic Press· students-reported52 ▬ about the CPS average (53)
- English Instruction· students-reported41 ▼ below the CPS average (59)
- Math Instruction· students-reported52 ▼ below the CPS average (57)
- Quality of Student Discussion· teachers-reported61 ▲ above the CPS average (53)
Supportive Environment
37 ▼ below the CPS average (51)- Academic Personalism· students-reported33 ▼ below the CPS average (51)
- Peer Support for Academic Work· students-reported32 ▼ below the CPS average (53)
- Safety· students-reported46 ▬ about the CPS average (48)
- Student-Teacher Trust· students-reported37 ▼ below the CPS average (50)
Collaborative Teachers
39 ▼ below the CPS average (52)- Collaborative Practices· teachers-reported48 ▼ below the CPS average (57)
- Collective Responsibility· teachers-reported25 ▼ below the CPS average (48)
- Quality Professional Development· teachers-reported36 ▼ below the CPS average (56)
- School Commitment· teachers-reported45 ▬ about the CPS average (48)
- Teacher-Teacher Trust· teachers-reported43 ▼ below the CPS average (51)
Effective Leaders
39 ▼ below the CPS average (52)- Instructional Leadership· teachers-reported31 ▼ below the CPS average (55)
- Program Coherence· teachers-reported43 ▼ below the CPS average (53)
- Teacher Influence· teachers-reported51 ▬ about the CPS average (52)
- Teacher-Principal Trust· teachers-reported30 ▼ below the CPS average (48)
Involved Families
67 ▲ above the CPS average (53)- Parent Influence on Decision Making in Schools· teachers-reported57 ▬ about the CPS average (57)
- Parent Involvement in School· teachers-reported66 ▲ above the CPS average (49)
- Teacher-Parent Trust· teachers-reported79 ▲ above the CPS average (52)
Supplemental measures
Additional survey topics UChicago reports outside the five core measures.
- Academic Engagement· students-reported45 ▼ below the CPS average (57)
- Classroom Disruptions· teachers-reported59 ▲ above the CPS average (48)
- Classroom Rigor· students-reported51 ▬ about the CPS average (53)
- Course Clarity· students-reported54 ▬ about the CPS average (54)
- Emotional Health· students-reported52 ▬ about the CPS average (55)
- Human & Social Resources in the Community· students-reported39 ▼ below the CPS average (47)
- Innovation· teachers-reported49 ▬ about the CPS average (52)
- Inquiry-Based Science Instruction· students-reported63 ▲ above the CPS average (59)
- Parent Supportiveness· students-reported61 ▲ above the CPS average (48)
- Reflective Dialogue· teachers-reported66 ▲ above the CPS average (54)
- Rigorous Study Habits· students-reported48 ▬ about the CPS average (48)
- School Connectedness· students-reported41 ▼ below the CPS average (53)
- School Safety· students-reported57 ▬ about the CPS average (54)
- Socialization of New Teachers· teachers-reported25 ▼ below the CPS average (47)
- Student Peer Relationships· students-reported37 ▼ below the CPS average (54)
- Student Responsibility· teachers-reported60 ▲ above the CPS average (47)
- Teacher Safety· teachers-reported57 ▲ above the CPS average (53)
UChicago Consortium — the 2026 cycle (school year 25-26) is re-benchmarked to spring 2024 (SY25+); it is NOT level-comparable to the spring-2013-benchmarked component levels shown elsewhere.
Programs (1)
| Program | Entry grades | How seats are offered | Test required | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Classical (K) Selective enrollment | K | Screening | Yes | CPS-published · verified Jul 2026 |
Cutoff history
What it took to receive an initial offer here in each cycle CPS has published - by tier for Selective Enrollment, and on the citywide points line for points-based Choice programs. History is context - it can’t predict a future cutoff.
| Cycle | Rank min | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 202.5 | 160 | 176.3 | 191.3 | 190 | CPS-published · verified Jul 2026 |
| 2025-26 | 220 | 167.5 | 196.3 | 205 | 197.5 | CPS-published · verified Jul 2026 |
| 2024-25 | 198.8 | 167.5 | 163.8 | 178.8 | 173.8 | CPS-published · verified Jul 2026 |
Minimum point totals from CPS’s published initial offers - waitlist movement can lower what it actually took, and cutoffs move year to year. Within the current-test cycles above, a tier’s minimum has shifted by as much as 32.5 points from one cycle to the next - treat any single year as a snapshot, not a target.
Parent questions & conversation
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