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Haines Elementary School

155 Haines Ave, New Lenox, IL 60451 · (815) 485-2115 · Will County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
72 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 111532%
Grade 211031%
Grade 313337%
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
27477%
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
5315%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
82%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
206%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
19153%
Female
16747%

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
52.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.2pp since 2023
Math
71.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +26.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.

IAR + ISA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2552.9%71.7%
2023-2432.7%45.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Haines Elementary School

Haines Elementary School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Haines Elementary School this school35820.1%54.5%
Mokena Intermediate School
Mokena
34618.5%60.6%
Briargate Elementary School
Cary
40023.3%55.3%
Arnold J Tyler School
New Lenox
37215.1%62.4%
North Elementary School
Sycamore
30919.1%52.9%
Anna McDonald Elementary School
Manhattan
43418.4%63.2%
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 Haines Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn Will County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
54.5%#457 of 1,925#38 of 94
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.7%#191 of 2,077
▲ 234
#18 of 100
▲ 18
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
52.9%#913 of 2,077
▲ 154
#67 of 100
▲ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
358#1,220 of 2,419#83 of 116
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.0:1#1,259 of 2,035#62 of 107
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
38.9%#1,180 of 2,042#82 of 108
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
20.1%#1,958 of 2,132#85 of 103
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-14.4%#695 of 1,461#39 of 71
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 2024-25
Enrollment
358
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2535825.514.0:120% (72)
2023-243442613.2:120% (68)
2022-233702614.2:119% (69)
2020-21347N/AN/AN/A
2017-1841827.515.2:113% (54)
2015-164392120.9:112% (51)
2010-115042619.4:118% (89)
2000-014682419.5:1N/A
1990-915202421.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haines Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 14% (418 to 358); teachers down 7% (27.5 to 25.5).

About Haines Elementary School

Haines Elementary School serves students in New Lenox, Illinois, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 358 students, in grades 1 through 3.

New Lenox SD 122 is the local district for Haines Elementary School. It runs 12 schools with 4,956 students.

By race and ethnicity, Haines Elementary School is 77% White. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show Will County is about 62% White. Haines Elementary School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Haines Elementary School's 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.0:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 20%. Among public schools in Will County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.

In Illinois, Haines Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 54.5% actual against a predicted 59.9%.

Federal survey data for Will County show that median household income is about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Haines Elementary School is among the 209 public schools in Will County.

The nearest public school is Oster-Oakview School, at about 0.1 miles. Haines Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Haines Elementary School comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES assigns Haines Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Haines Elementary School saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Will County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Haines Elementary School
District
New Lenox SD 122
Address
155 Haines Ave, New Lenox, IL 60451
Phone
(815) 485-2115
County
Will County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
01–03
Total enrollment
358
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
14.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
72 (20%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
172814002966
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in New Lenox SD 122
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Other Haines Elementary schools

3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Haines Elementary. Haines Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Haines Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Haines Elementary School?
Haines Elementary School enrolls approximately 358 students in grades 01-03.
What age range does Haines Elementary School serve?
Haines Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Haines Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Haines Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Haines Elementary School?
At Haines Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Haines Elementary School in?
Haines Elementary School is part of New Lenox SD 122.
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