Flossmoor Hills Elem School

As an average-sized K-5 school in Flossmoor, Illinois, Flossmoor Hills Elem School hosts 357 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Flossmoor SD 161.

Flossmoor SD 161 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,302 students. Flossmoor Hills Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Flossmoor Hills Elem School reports that Black students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Flossmoor Hills Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.4%; Flossmoor Hills Elem School posts 51.5%, +15.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Flossmoor Hills Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Homewood-Flossmoor High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Flossmoor Hills Elem School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Flossmoor Hills Elem School has ticked up 9%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 83% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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