Ingenuity State of the Arts Progress Report 2015-2016 | Page 7

time arts instructor for every 350 students has

HIGH
SCHOOLS
91%

88%
68%

held steady at around 90% each of the past

executive summary

The percentage of high schools with one full-

four years, while the percentage of elementary
schools meeting this threshold has increased
from 43% in 2012-13 to 68% in 2015-16.

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ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS
43%

On average, 97% of elementary students had access to arts
instruction, and 59% of elementary schools offered the
recommended 120 minutes of weekly arts instruction to
their students.

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50% of high schools offered 3 or more disciplines, and
more than half of these offered three or more multi-level
disciplines.

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Ingenuity identified 579 active community arts partners serving
schools in the district—the largest pool of active partners in the
four years of surveys.
96% of CPS schools reported a partnership with at
least one community arts partner.

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59%

Twenty Chicago-based foundations and corporations
reported supporting arts education by donating $8,484,365.
The addition of $2,402,404 from Ingenuity's Creative
Schools Fund brought the 2015-16 community investment
in arts education to approximately $10.9 million.

50%

579
active community

partners

10.9
million dollars

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