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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLOTHIAN SD 143·NCES 172592002785
Central Park Elementary School
3621 151St St, Midlothian, IL 60445 · (708) 385-0045 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
432 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 52% smaller than its 8th grade class (89).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
38.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.7pp since 2023
Math
20.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 20.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 9.3% |
% 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
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Central Park Elementary School
Central Park Elementary School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Elementary School this school | 640 | 67.5% | 26.5% |
| Kolmar Elementary School Midlothian | 535 | 65.0% | 24.7% |
| Oak View Elementary School Bolingbrook | 636 | 67.6% | 39.8% |
| Rowe Elementary Chicago | 617 | 68.4% | 13.8% |
| Independence Elementary School Bolingbrook | 617 | 67.9% | 36.7% |
| Swan Hillman Elementary School Rockford | 581 | 74.5% | 27.3% |
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 Central Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,397 of 1,925 | #455 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #1,592 of 2,077 ▲ 60 | #529 of 829 ▲ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #1,411 of 2,077 ▲ 111 | #494 of 829 ▲ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #200 of 2,419 | #119 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,149 of 2,035 | #515 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #412 of 2,042 | #159 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #796 of 2,132 | #479 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #751 of 1,461 | #396 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
640
-56 (-8%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 633
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 | 640 | 46.6 | 13.8:1 | 68% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 48.9 | 12.7:1 | 68% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 46.6 | 13.9:1 | 67% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 696 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 45.5 | 16.2:1 | 66% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 81% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 65% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 34 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (737 to 640); teachers up 2% (45.5 to 46.6).
About Central Park Elementary School
Central Park Elementary School is an elementary school in Midlothian, Illinois, and it is part of Midlothian SD 143. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 640 students. The school is 68% larger than the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Midlothian SD 143 is responsible for 4 schools, Central Park Elementary School included, with 1,620 students in all.
Hispanic students are 52% of those enrolled at Central Park Elementary School. Other reported shares: 25% Black, 17% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Central Park Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Federal data show 68% of students (432) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average a similar 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Park Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Central Park Elementary School is 6.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 26.5% actual, 32.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In the wider Cook County area, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Central Park Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Bremen High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Central Park Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 640, down from 696 in 2020-21.
The Central Park Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Midlothian SD 143
- Kolmar Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Spaulding SchoolElementary · 134 students
Other schools in Midlothian
- Bremen High SchoolHigh · 1,414 students
- Kolmar Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Spaulding SchoolElementary · 134 students
- Developmental Learning Pgm DLPElementary
Other Central Park Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Central Park Elementary. Central Park Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANTATION, FL · 800 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, MI · 646 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 431 students
- Central Park ElementarySanta Clara, CA · 419 students
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARYROSEVILLE, MN · 411 students
Nearby schools
- Bremen High School0.4 mi · 1,414
- Spaulding School0.6 mi · 134
- Springfield Elementary School0.8 mi · 311
- Childs Elementary School1.3 mi · 149
- Posen Elementary School1.3 mi · 246
- Kellar School1.3 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Central Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Central Park Elementary School?
Central Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades KG-08.
Is Central Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Park Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Park Elementary School?
At Central Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 52% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Central Park Elementary School public or private?
Central Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Midlothian SD 143.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.