Ingenuity State of the Arts Progress Report 2015-2016 | Page 40

the arts in CPS
STAFFING

STAFFING SUMMARY BY NETWORK
A closer look at how the staffing summary is
distributed across school networks reveals that
the overall positive trend in staffing may not
benefit students in all geographic areas of the
city equally. The map on the next page shows
how the staffing summary data are distributed
across the district, with the darker shades of
blue depicting areas with a lower average
teacher-student ratio. The accompanying
pie charts provide a breakdown of the
categorization on the staffing element of the

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rubric for all the schools in each geographic
area. As is the case with schools’ overall
categorizations, this map of teacher-student
ratios shows that areas on the city’s far north
side are faring better on this metric than areas
to the south and west. Again, four years of data
collection have shown consistent progress
across the district while also highlighting the
importance of continuing to work to provide
equitable distribution of arts opportunities
across the district.