Holmes Elem School

As a cozy elementary-level community in Harvey, Illinois, Holmes Elem School teaches 270 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Harvey SD 152. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Holmes Elem School sits 29% below that benchmark.

Within Harvey SD 152, which oversees 5 schools and 1,487 students, Holmes Elem School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Holmes Elem School reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 17% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, On paper, Holmes Elem School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Holmes Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Holmes Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.6%; this one delivers 13.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Holmes Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Taft School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holmes Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Holmes Elem School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 20.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Holmes Elem School's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 270). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 78% to 83% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.