Enter a home address to map Chicago Public Schools elementary schools nearby, then pick up to 10 to compare drop-off and pickup drives.
Schools. Live from the CPS School Progress Reports dataset on the Chicago Data Portal, which also supplies each school’s type and culture-and-climate rating. Elementary schools only; use the school-type control to decide which kinds to include.
Rankings and proficiency. U.S. News & World Report Best Elementary Schools, 2027 edition. Both rank columns come from U.S. News: “CPS” is its rank among the ranked CPS elementary schools, “IL” its rank among all Illinois elementary schools. Those are the only two levels published — U.S. News ranks elementary and middle schools by district and by state, with no national elementary ranking. A banded rank is judged on its high end when filtering. Reading and math proficiency are the state test figures U.S. News publishes per school.
Distance. The Mi column and the search radius are straight-line distance from home. The actual drive is longer.
Commutes. Four separate drives per picked school, for the next upcoming Monday: to school at the drop-off time, home 30 minutes later, back to school 30 minutes before pickup, and home at the pickup time. Each is a low-to-high range across light and heavy traffic. Drop-off lines and parking are excluded, and CPS holidays are not checked.
Not included. Student growth and chronic absenteeism are published by the Illinois Report Card, which has no API; they are not in this build.