Calumet Elem School

As an intimate junior high in Calumet Park, Illinois, Calumet Elem School works with 316 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Calumet Public SD 132. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Calumet Elem School sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

Calumet Public SD 132 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 895 students; Calumet Elem School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Calumet Elem School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 25% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Calumet Elem School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.2%; this one comes in at 18.6%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Calumet Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Burr Oak Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Calumet Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calumet Elem School has fell 16%, going from 377 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 19% to 25%. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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