Joshua D Kershaw Elementary School
CPS choice · PK,K-8
Basics
- Address
- 6450 S LOWE AVE
- Neighborhood
- Englewood
- Phone
- (773)535-3050
- Hours
- Unknown - not verified yet
- Website
- https://kershawmagnet.org
- Climate survey
- 5Essentials survey results (UChicago)scores there are benchmarked 1–99 levels, not percentages
5Essentials - the latest survey in detail
Math Instruction, Quality Professional Development, and Classroom Rigor are rated above the CPS average; Emotional Health, Classroom Disruptions, and Human & Social Resources in the Community 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
78 ▲ above the CPS average (56)- Academic Press· students-reported75 ▲ above the CPS average (53)
- English Instruction· students-reported81 ▲ above the CPS average (59)
- Math Instruction· students-reported91 ▲ above the CPS average (57)
- Quality of Student Discussion· teachers-reported63 ▲ above the CPS average (53)
Supportive Environment
59 ▲ above the CPS average (51)- Academic Personalism· students-reported72 ▲ above the CPS average (51)
- Peer Support for Academic Work· students-reported56 ▬ about the CPS average (53)
- Safety· students-reported57 ▲ above the CPS average (48)
- Student-Teacher Trust· students-reported49 ▬ about the CPS average (50)
Collaborative Teachers
65 ▲ above the CPS average (52)- Collaborative Practices· teachers-reported77 ▲ above the CPS average (57)
- Collective Responsibility· teachers-reported55 ▲ above the CPS average (48)
- Quality Professional Development· teachers-reported81 ▲ above the CPS average (56)
- School Commitment· teachers-reported51 ▬ about the CPS average (48)
- Teacher-Teacher Trust· teachers-reported62 ▲ above the CPS average (51)
Effective Leaders
66 ▲ above the CPS average (52)- Instructional Leadership· teachers-reported75 ▲ above the CPS average (55)
- Program Coherence· teachers-reported71 ▲ above the CPS average (53)
- Teacher Influence· teachers-reported63 ▲ above the CPS average (52)
- Teacher-Principal Trust· teachers-reported54 ▲ above the CPS average (48)
Involved Families
63 ▲ above the CPS average (53)- Parent Influence on Decision Making in Schools· teachers-reported75 ▲ above the CPS average (57)
- Parent Involvement in School· teachers-reported54 ▲ above the CPS average (49)
- Teacher-Parent Trust· teachers-reported59 ▲ above the CPS average (52)
Supplemental measures
Additional survey topics UChicago reports outside the five core measures.
- Academic Engagement· students-reported72 ▲ above the CPS average (57)
- Classroom Disruptions· teachers-reported39 ▼ below the CPS average (48)
- Classroom Rigor· students-reported78 ▲ above the CPS average (53)
- Course Clarity· students-reported60 ▲ above the CPS average (54)
- Emotional Health· students-reported45 ▼ below the CPS average (55)
- Human & Social Resources in the Community· students-reported39 ▼ below the CPS average (47)
- Innovation· teachers-reported69 ▲ above the CPS average (52)
- Inquiry-Based Science Instruction· students-reported59 ▬ about the CPS average (59)
- Parent Supportiveness· students-reported63 ▲ above the CPS average (48)
- Reflective Dialogue· teachers-reported79 ▲ above the CPS average (54)
- Rigorous Study Habits· students-reported53 ▲ above the CPS average (48)
- School Connectedness· students-reported63 ▲ above the CPS average (53)
- School Safety· students-reported63 ▲ above the CPS average (54)
- Socialization of New Teachers· teachers-reported65 ▲ above the CPS average (47)
- Student Peer Relationships· students-reported50 ▼ below the CPS average (54)
- Student Responsibility· teachers-reported59 ▲ above the CPS average (47)
- Teacher Safety· teachers-reported56 ▬ about 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
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