Early Childhood Cntr

Students in Dolton, Illinois, attend Early Childhood Cntr, a small elementary school. Total enrollment is 196 students, and the grades served are pre-K. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.

Dolton SD 148 is the local district for Early Childhood Cntr. It runs 10 schools with 2,077 students.

At Early Childhood Cntr, 89% of students are Black. It is also 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. The diversity index for Early Childhood Cntr is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are about 16.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Early Childhood Cntr, which has 12. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 33 points.

In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Early Childhood Cntr shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, Early Childhood Cntr is closest to Lincoln Junior High School, about 0.5 miles away. Early Childhood Cntr has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts for Early Childhood Cntr: 115 students in 2020-21, 196 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.

The allk12 page for Early Childhood Cntr lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.