Enrollment
157
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO HEIGHTS SD 170·NCES 170996001222
Jefferson Elementary School
176 E 11th St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 756-4162 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
145 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 20 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Jefferson Elementary School→Chicago Heights Middle School
Based on grade levels within Chicago Heights SD 170. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
46.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +27.2pp since 2023
Math
16.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 13.2% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 157 | 92.4% | 27.5% |
| Turner Elementary School Crestwood | 148 | 96.6% | N/A |
| Burnham Elementary School Burnham | 141 | 95.0% | 28.0% |
| Mark Twain Primary School Kankakee | 192 | 93.8% | 8.1% |
| Greenbriar Elementary School Chicago Heights | 174 | 98.3% | 44.8% |
| Wilson Elementary School Chicago Heights | 160 | 99.4% | 32.3% |
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 Jefferson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,362 of 1,925 | #444 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,698 of 2,077 ▼ 217 | #585 of 829 ▼ 103 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,141 of 2,077 ▲ 460 | #375 of 829 ▲ 219 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #2,186 of 2,419 | #866 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #220 of 2,132 | #159 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.5% | #28 of 1,461 | #17 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
157
+5 (+3%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 274
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 | 157 | 13 | 12.1:1 | 92% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 12.3 | 12.7:1 | 98% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 151 | 14 | 10.8:1 | 99% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 99% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 286 | 21 | 13.6:1 | 79% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 16 | 19.1:1 | 97% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 17 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 12 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (288 to 157); teachers down 41% (22 to 13).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Among the schools in Chicago Heights, Illinois, is Jefferson Elementary School, a small elementary school. It serves 157 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Enrollment across the 10 schools in Chicago Heights SD 170 totals 2,674 students.
Jefferson Elementary School's enrollment is 65% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 33% Black. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Jefferson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
A ratio of 12.1:1 comes from the school's 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 92% of students at Jefferson Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Jefferson Elementary School is 9.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (27.5% versus 18.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Lincoln Elementary School is located about 0.6 miles from Jefferson Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School is behind the 32.8% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Jefferson Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Jefferson Elementary School went from 152 students to 157.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Jefferson Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Chicago Heights SD 170
- Chicago Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 193 students
- Greenbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Other schools in Chicago Heights
- Bloom High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Bloom Trail High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- Barack Obama School of LdershipMiddle · 367 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Serena Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 138th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolCharleston, IL · 698 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolBerwyn, IL · 453 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolSterling, IL · 450 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMarion, IL · 376 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMorton, IL · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 84
- Bloom High School0.6 mi · 1,823
- Chicago Heights Middle School0.7 mi · 872
- Washington-McKinley Elementary School0.8 mi · 286
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.1 mi · 353
- Greenbriar Elementary School1.2 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 157 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 33% Black.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Heights SD 170.
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