Enrollment
167
Elementary
DISTRICT 182 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK FOREST SD 163·NCES 173081003203
Blackhawk Primary Center
130 Blackhawk Dr, Park Forest, IL 60466 · (708) 668-9501 · Cook County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
135 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Blackhawk Primary Center→Barack Obama School of Ldership
Based on grade levels within Park Forest SD 163. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
44.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 25.6% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Blackhawk Primary Center
Blackhawk Primary Center's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhawk Primary Center this school | 167 | 80.8% | 36.6% |
| 21st Century Primary Center Park Forest | 152 | 79.6% | 28.7% |
| Lawndale Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 191 | 80.6% | 8.2% |
| McKinley Elementary School South Holland | 176 | 80.1% | 34.3% |
| Revere Elementary School Chicago | 184 | 78.8% | 13.2% |
| Brownell Elementary School Chicago | 165 | 85.5% | 20.3% |
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 Blackhawk Primary Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,032 of 1,925 | #290 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #835 of 2,077 ▲ 136 | #247 of 829 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,481 of 2,077 ▼ 443 | #529 of 829 ▼ 190 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #2,156 of 2,419 | #856 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #486 of 2,132 | #334 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #271 of 1,461 | #174 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
167
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 316
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 | 167 | 12.5 | 13.4:1 | 81% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 12 | 14.1:1 | 79% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 10.3 | 15.8:1 | 74% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 168 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 224 | 16.5 | 13.6:1 | 70% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 18 | 14.0:1 | 85% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 187 | 11 | 17.0:1 | 95% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 22 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackhawk Primary Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (224 to 167); teachers down 24% (16.5 to 12.5).
About Blackhawk Primary Center
Blackhawk Primary Center is a small elementary school in Park Forest, Illinois, administered by Park Forest SD 163. It had 167 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 3. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 56% below average.
Park Forest SD 163 has 1,524 students in 6 schools, and Blackhawk Primary Center is one of those schools.
At Blackhawk Primary Center, 77% of students are Black. It is also 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Blackhawk Primary Center scores 39%.
On staff are 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Blackhawk Primary Center has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 81%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Blackhawk Primary Center would be expected to post about 24.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.6%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, 21st Century Primary Center, is the closest to Blackhawk Primary Center. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Blackhawk Primary Center comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Blackhawk Primary Center was 168 in 2020-21 and 167 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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 Park Forest SD 163
- Michelle Obama School of TechnologyMiddle · 428 students
- Barack Obama School of LdershipMiddle · 367 students
- Mohawk Primary CenterElementary · 283 students
- 21st Century Primary CenterElementary · 152 students
- Algonquin Primary CenterElementary · 127 students
Other schools in Park Forest
- Michelle Obama School of TechnologyMiddle · 428 students
- Illinois SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Talala Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Mohawk Primary CenterElementary · 283 students
- Indiana Elementary SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- 21st Century Primary CenterElementary · 152 students
Nearby schools
- 21st Century Primary Center0.5 mi · 152
- Talala Elementary School0.6 mi · 305
- Mohawk Primary Center0.7 mi · 283
- Michelle Obama School of Technology1.1 mi · 428
- Richton Square School1.2 mi · 161
- Algonquin Primary Center1.9 mi · 127
Frequently asked questions
About Blackhawk Primary CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Blackhawk Primary Center?
Blackhawk Primary Center enrolls approximately 167 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Blackhawk Primary Center serve?
Blackhawk Primary Center serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Blackhawk Primary Center?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Blackhawk Primary Center.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blackhawk Primary Center?
At Blackhawk Primary Center, the student body is approximately 3% White, 13% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Blackhawk Primary Center public or private?
Blackhawk Primary Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Park Forest SD 163.
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