Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRETE MONEE CUSD 201U·NCES 171125001350
Coretta Scott King Magnet School
1009 Blackhawk Dr, University Park, IL 60484 · (708) 367-4700 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
156 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
43.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 22.5% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Coretta Scott King Magnet School
Coretta Scott King Magnet School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coretta Scott King Magnet School this school | 293 | 53.2% | 35.8% |
| Heather Hill Elementary School Flossmoor | 319 | 58.0% | 43.5% |
| Longwood Elementary School Glenwood | 364 | 57.4% | 20.8% |
| Strassburg Elementary School Sauk Village | 406 | 55.9% | 14.5% |
| Zenon J Sykuta School Country Club Hills | 273 | 45.4% | N/A |
| Flossmoor Hills Elementary School Flossmoor | 357 | 60.8% | 51.5% |
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 Coretta Scott King Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,065 of 1,925 | #70 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,368 of 2,077 ▼ 286 | #82 of 100 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,236 of 2,077 ▼ 354 | #78 of 100 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,578 of 2,419 | #97 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,002 of 2,035 | #46 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #1,013 of 2,042 | #75 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #1,209 of 2,132 | #37 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #534 of 615 | #29 of 36 |
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
293
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 387
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 | 293 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 53% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 100% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 56% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 56% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 53% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 28 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 21 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coretta Scott King Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (287 to 293); teachers up 16% (19 to 22).
About Coretta Scott King Magnet School
Coretta Scott King Magnet School is a small elementary school located in University Park, Illinois. It educates 293 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 23% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Crete Monee CUSD 201U operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,562 students.
Roughly 72% of students at Coretta Scott King Magnet School are Black. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% White. By comparison, Will County residents are about 12% Black. Coretta Scott King Magnet School's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.3:1. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. Public schools in Will County average 44%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Coretta Scott King Magnet School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.8%. Coretta Scott King Magnet School scores 35.8%.
Will County has about 701,462 residents, and the median household income is $109,984, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Will County has 209 public schools and roughly 113,008 students.
Crete-Monee Middle School is located about 0.6 miles from Coretta Scott King Magnet School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Coretta Scott King Magnet School is ahead of the 26.1% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
NCES describes the area around Coretta Scott King Magnet School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Coretta Scott King Magnet School's enrollment grew from 275 in 2020-21 to 293 in 2024-25.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crete Monee CUSD 201U
- Crete-Monee High SchoolHigh · 1,480 students
- Crete-Monee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- Balmoral Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Crete Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Monee Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Talala Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
Other schools in University Park
- Crete-Monee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
Nearby schools
- Crete-Monee Middle School0.6 mi · 1,002
- Crete-Monee High School1.6 mi · 1,480
- Crete-Monee Early Childhood Cntr1.9 mi · 256
- Balmoral Elementary School2.2 mi · 472
- Talala Elementary School2.5 mi · 305
- Monee Elementary School2.6 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Coretta Scott King Magnet SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Coretta Scott King Magnet School?
Coretta Scott King Magnet School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Coretta Scott King Magnet School serve?
Coretta Scott King Magnet School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coretta Scott King Magnet School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coretta Scott King Magnet School is approximately 13.3:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Coretta Scott King Magnet School?
Student demographics at Coretta Scott King Magnet School are roughly 7% White, 11% Hispanic, 72% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Coretta Scott King Magnet School public or private?
Coretta Scott King Magnet School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Crete Monee CUSD 201U.
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