Edna Keith Elem School

Set in Joliet, Illinois, Edna Keith Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, run under Joliet PSD 86. It hosts 402 students across grades K through 5.

Joliet PSD 86 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 9,333 students. Edna Keith Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edna Keith Elem School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder consists of 30% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Edna Keith Elem School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Edna Keith Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edna Keith Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.6%; this one delivers 10.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Will County indicate median household income runs about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Edna Keith Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edna Keith Elem School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.4%.

Edna Keith Elem School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Edna Keith Elem School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 374 (now 402). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 50% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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