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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZEL CREST SD 152-5·NCES 171860002156
Jesse C White Learning Academy
16910 S Western Ave, Hazel Crest, IL 60429 · (708) 825-2190 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
419 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 30 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
18.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
11.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.1% | 11.2% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 6.8% |
% 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Jesse C White Learning Academy
Jesse C White Learning Academy's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse C White Learning Academy this school | 425 | 98.6% | 15.5% |
| Caroline Sibley Elementary School Calumet City | 434 | 99.8% | 12.3% |
| Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter Chicago | 428 | 97.0% | 22.7% |
| Herzl Elementary School Chicago | 429 | 97.2% | 4.0% |
| Haley Elementary Academy Chicago | 458 | 98.0% | 18.6% |
| Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School East Saint Louis | 418 | 99.0% | 16.8% |
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 Jesse C White Learning Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,740 of 1,925 | #651 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #1,861 of 2,077 ▼ 91 | #685 of 829 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #1,966 of 2,077 ▼ 38 | #781 of 829 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #874 of 2,419 | #385 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #488 of 2,035 | #257 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #1,679 of 2,042 | #633 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #53 of 2,132 | #34 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #566 of 1,461 | #320 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
425
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 276
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 | 425 | 36 | 11.8:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 100% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 99% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 30.9 | 16.6:1 | 90% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 99% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 211 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 97% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 12 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 276 | 12 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesse C White Learning Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (513 to 425); teachers up 17% (30.9 to 36).
About Jesse C White Learning Academy
Jesse C White Learning Academy serves students in Hazel Crest, Illinois, as a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 425 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Hazel Crest SD 152-5 is the local district for Jesse C White Learning Academy. It runs 2 schools with 891 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Jesse C White Learning Academy is Black, at 90%. It is also 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 68 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Staffing at Jesse C White Learning Academy comes to 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.8:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jesse C White Learning Academy's results are within a point of predicted: 15.5% against 14.6%.
In Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Prairie-Hills Junior High School is the nearest public school to Jesse C White Learning Academy, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Jesse C White Learning Academy is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Jesse C White Learning Academy is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 432 to 425.
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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 Hazel Crest SD 152-5
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Other schools in Hazel Crest
- Mae Jemison SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Chateaux SchoolElementary · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie-Hills Junior High School1.0 mi · 766
- Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy1.1 mi · 102
- Highlands Elementary School1.3 mi · 311
- Barack H Obama Learning Academy1.3 mi · 466
- Primary Learning Center1.4 mi · 4
- Mae Jemison School1.6 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Jesse C White Learning AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Jesse C White Learning Academy?
Jesse C White Learning Academy enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-08.
Is Jesse C White Learning Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jesse C White Learning Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Jesse C White Learning Academy have?
Jesse C White Learning Academy employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jesse C White Learning Academy?
At Jesse C White Learning Academy, the student body is approximately 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Jesse C White Learning Academy public or private?
Jesse C White Learning Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hazel Crest SD 152-5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.