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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZEL CREST SD 152-5·NCES 171860002152
Barack H Obama Learning Academy
16448 S Park Ave, Markham, IL 60428 · (708) 825-2400 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
464 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
18.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
3.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 3.9% |
| 2023-24 | 11.5% | 2.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barack H Obama Learning Academy
Barack H Obama Learning Academy's state test result (10.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barack H Obama Learning Academy this school | 466 | 99.6% | 10.4% |
| Wentworth Elementary School Chicago | 433 | 97.5% | 10.1% |
| Spencer Technology Academy Elementary School Chicago | 427 | 99.3% | 16.6% |
| Oak Glen Elementary School Lansing | 526 | 98.3% | 30.2% |
| Ellington Elementary School Chicago | 510 | 95.1% | 14.2% |
| Sullivan Elementary School Chicago | 439 | 96.1% | 14.6% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barack H Obama Learning Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #1,875 of 1,925 | #732 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.9% | #2,053 of 2,077 ▼ 39 | #812 of 829 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,968 of 2,077 ▼ 83 | #782 of 829 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #678 of 2,419 | #318 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,736 of 2,035 | #723 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #1,230 of 2,042 | #456 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #24 of 2,132 | #15 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #1,355 of 1,461 | #619 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
466
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 466 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 100% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 25 | 17.7:1 | 99% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 100% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 31.5 | 15.1:1 | 92% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 99% (499) |
| 2010-11 | 180 | 15 | 12.0:1 | 92% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 15 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 18 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barack H Obama Learning Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (476 to 466); teachers down 8% (31.5 to 29).
About Barack H Obama Learning Academy
Barack H Obama Learning Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Markham, Illinois, (ZIP code 60428). It serves 466 students in pre-K through 8. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 22% bigger than that.
Barack H Obama Learning Academy is one of 2 schools in Hazel Crest SD 152-5, which enrolls 891 students in total.
At Barack H Obama Learning Academy, Black students make up 77% of the student body. It is also 19% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. Barack H Obama Learning Academy's diversity index is 37%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Barack H Obama Learning Academy is D. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Barack H Obama Learning Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 10.4% and a predicted 14.0%.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The closest public school to Barack H Obama Learning Academy is Maya Angelou Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Barack H Obama Learning Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 10.4% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place Barack H Obama Learning Academy in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 465 in 2020-21, 466 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hazel Crest SD 152-5
- Jesse C White Learning AcademyElementary · 425 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary
Other schools in Markham
- Prairie-Hills Junior High SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Markham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Prairie-Hills STEAM AcademyElementary · 102 students
- Primary Learning CenterElementary · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Maya Angelou Elementary School0.9 mi · 271
- Holmes Elementary School0.9 mi · 270
- Taft School1.1 mi · 308
- Jesse C White Learning Academy1.3 mi · 425
- Whittier Elementary School1.6 mi · 197
- Prairie-Hills Junior High School1.8 mi · 766
Frequently asked questions
About Barack H Obama Learning AcademyHow many students attend Barack H Obama Learning Academy?
Barack H Obama Learning Academy enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Barack H Obama Learning Academy serve?
Barack H Obama Learning Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Barack H Obama Learning Academy have?
Barack H Obama Learning Academy employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
How diverse is Barack H Obama Learning Academy?
Barack H Obama Learning Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 19% Hispanic, 77% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Barack H Obama Learning Academy?
Barack H Obama Learning Academy is overseen by Hazel Crest SD 152-5 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.