Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARVEY SD 152·NCES 171845002133
Holmes Elementary School
16000 Carse Ave, Harvey, IL 60426 · (708) 333-0440 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
210 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 69% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Holmes Elementary School→Brooks Middle School
Based on grade levels within Harvey SD 152. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
15.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
18.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.3% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 8.6% | 7.5% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Holmes Elementary School
Holmes Elementary School's state test result (13.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Elementary School this school | 270 | 77.8% | 13.4% |
| Grissom Elementary School Chicago | 287 | 76.7% | 36.7% |
| Hyde Park Elementary School Waukegan | 295 | 78.3% | 32.7% |
| Howe Elementary School Beach Park | 318 | 75.5% | 15.1% |
| Perez Elementary School Chicago | 291 | 84.2% | 33.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Blue Island | 342 | 83.0% | 42.4% |
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 Holmes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #1,801 of 1,925 | #693 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,635 of 2,077 ▲ 108 | #552 of 829 ▲ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #2,010 of 2,077 ▼ 39 | #804 of 829 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,712 of 2,419 | #705 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,779 of 2,035 | #738 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #1,434 of 2,042 | #533 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #562 of 2,132 | #377 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #427 of 1,461 | #253 of 661 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
270
+66 (+32%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 270 | 16.5 | 16.4:1 | 78% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 14.5 | 14.4:1 | 66% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 184 | 13.5 | 13.6:1 | 70% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 20.8 | 16.3:1 | 99% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 94% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 16 | 23.6:1 | 81% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 15 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 306 | 17 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holmes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (339 to 270); teachers down 20% (20.8 to 16.5).
About Holmes Elementary School
Holmes Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Harvey, Illinois. The school enrolls 270 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Harvey SD 152 has 1,487 students spread across 5 schools.
The share of students at Holmes Elementary School who are Hispanic is 83%. The remaining students are 17% Black. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 78% of students at Holmes Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Holmes Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.4% is 13.2 points below the 26.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Holmes Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Taft School, its nearest public school. Holmes Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Holmes Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 13.4% against a local average of 20.4%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 204 (2020-21) to 270 (2024-25).
This page collects posts and questions about Holmes Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harvey SD 152
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
- Riley Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other schools in Harvey
- Thornton Township High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Taft SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other Holmes Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Holmes Elementary. Holmes Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 16.
- Holmes Elementary SchoolClarendon Hills, IL · 519 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 166 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 536 students
- Holmes ElementarySan Diego, CA · 495 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolNew Britian, CT · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Taft School0.4 mi · 308
- Coolidge Middle School0.9 mi · 460
- Barack H Obama Learning Academy0.9 mi · 466
- Maya Angelou Elementary School1.1 mi · 271
- Thornton Township High School1.2 mi · 1,697
- Whittier Elementary School1.3 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About Holmes Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Holmes Elementary School?
Holmes Elementary School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
Is Holmes Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holmes Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holmes Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holmes Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Holmes Elementary School?
Holmes Elementary School reports a student body of 83% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Holmes Elementary School?
Holmes Elementary School is overseen by Harvey SD 152 in Cook County.
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