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If you could change one rule at Bert H Fulton School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CCSD 146·NCES 173903003958
Bert H Fulton School
6601 171st St, Tinley Park, IL 60477 · (708) 614-4540 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
176 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 40 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bert H Fulton School→Central Middle School
Based on grade levels within CCSD 146. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
64.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +30.8pp since 2023
Math
49.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 31 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 34.4% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Bert H Fulton School
Bert H Fulton School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bert H Fulton School this school | 404 | 43.6% | 50.0% |
| Hilltop Elementary School McHenry | 424 | 44.8% | 40.5% |
| Chauncey H Duker School McHenry | 433 | 43.2% | 35.5% |
| Dundee Highlands Elementary School West Dundee | 396 | 44.4% | 48.4% |
| Caledonia Elementary School Caledonia | 449 | 43.2% | 46.0% |
| Prairiewood Elementary School Woodstock | 374 | 44.9% | 46.0% |
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 Bert H Fulton School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #597 of 1,925 | #163 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #685 of 2,077 ▼ 14 | #205 of 829 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #533 of 2,077 ▲ 504 | #185 of 829 ▲ 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #981 of 2,419 | #423 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #365 of 2,035 | #196 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #480 of 2,042 | #182 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #1,470 of 2,132 | #642 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #628 of 1,461 | #344 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
404
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 297
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 | 404 | 35.5 | 11.4:1 | 44% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 35.5 | 11.2:1 | 37% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 38.8 | 10.1:1 | 42% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 40% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 36% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 29% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 21 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bert H Fulton School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (480 to 404); teachers down 9% (39 to 35.5).
About Bert H Fulton School
Bert H Fulton School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Tinley Park, Illinois. Enrolled students number 404 students, in pre-K through 5.
Bert H Fulton School is run by CCSD 146, whose 5 schools enroll 2,325 students.
White students account for 54% of enrollment at Bert H Fulton School. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 9% Black. The county population is about 44% White. By the diversity index, Bert H Fulton School comes in at 62%.
The teaching staff at Bert H Fulton School is 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.4:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 44%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Bert H Fulton School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bert H Fulton School is +3.7 points: 50.0% actual, 46.4% predicted.
Within Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The nearest other public school, Tinley Park High School, is about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Bert H Fulton School places 2nd out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 432 to 404.
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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 CCSD 146
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Arnold W Kruse Ed CenterElementary · 462 students
- Walter F Fierke Ed CenterElementary · 443 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
Other schools in Tinley Park
- Tinley Park High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Walker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 554 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 530 students
Nearby schools
- Tinley Park High School0.8 mi · 1,042
- Kimberly Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 181
- John A Bannes Elementary School0.9 mi · 421
- Memorial Elementary School1.0 mi · 291
- Central Middle School1.3 mi · 725
- Arbor Elementary School1.4 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Bert H Fulton SchoolHow large is Bert H Fulton School?
Bert H Fulton School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bert H Fulton School serve?
Bert H Fulton School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bert H Fulton School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Bert H Fulton School.
What is the student diversity at Bert H Fulton School?
Student demographics at Bert H Fulton School are roughly 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Bert H Fulton School in?
Bert H Fulton School is part of CCSD 146.
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