Isaac Singleton Elem Sch

Isaac Singleton Elem Sch is one of the compact elementary campuss in Joliet, Illinois, one of the schools within Joliet PSD 86, with 304 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 381.

Across the 20 schools in Joliet PSD 86 (9,333 students total), Isaac Singleton Elem Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Isaac Singleton Elem Sch lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Isaac Singleton Elem Sch shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Will County (around 44%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Isaac Singleton Elem Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.6%, the actual is 18.9%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Will County put the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Isaac Singleton Elem Sch is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

The closest other public school is Gompers Junior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Isaac Singleton Elem Sch comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 52%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 26% to 14%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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