Coolidge Middle School

Coolidge Middle School, a mid-sized junior high in Phoenix, Illinois, run under South Holland SD 151, educates 460 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

South Holland SD 151 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,319 students; Coolidge Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Coolidge Middle School reports that Black students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 34% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Coolidge Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Coolidge Middle School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 14.1%; actual is 29.6%, +15.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Coolidge Middle School is one.

Holmes Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coolidge Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coolidge Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 23.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Coolidge Middle School's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 460). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 34% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.