Heritage Elem School

Set in Streamwood, Illinois, Heritage Elem School is a moderately sized K-5 school, one of the schools within SD U-46. It teaches 359 students across grades K through 6.

Heritage Elem School is one of 51 schools operated by SD U-46, a district that serves 34,036 students overall.

On demographics, Heritage Elem School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school records 14% Black, 13% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Heritage Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Heritage Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Heritage Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Tefft Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heritage Elem School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

Heritage Elem School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Heritage Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 359). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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