Eisenhower Academy

Eisenhower Academy is one of the close-knit elementary schools in Joliet, Illinois, operated by Joliet PSD 86, with 209 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Eisenhower Academy sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Joliet PSD 86 comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 9,333 students; Eisenhower Academy is among them.

Looking at the student body, Eisenhower Academy shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 25% White, 22% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Eisenhower Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Will County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Eisenhower Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 13.8%; this one delivers 85.8%, a residual of +72.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Will County shows median household income runs about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Eisenhower Academy is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

The closest other public school is T E Culbertson Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eisenhower Academy. On composite proficiency, Eisenhower Academy comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eisenhower Academy has declined 13%, going from 240 students in 2018 to 209 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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