Enrollment
193
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO HEIGHTS SD 170·NCES 170996001223
Kennedy Elementary School
1013 Division St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 756-4830 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
188 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 | 18 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
48%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
Kennedy 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
49.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 20.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Kennedy Elementary School
Kennedy Elementary School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Elementary School this school | 193 | 97.4% | 36.8% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Bellwood | 229 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Hay Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 247 | 97.6% | 21.3% |
| Sherman Elementary School Chicago | 225 | 97.8% | 15.4% |
| Holmes Elementary School Chicago | 166 | 100.0% | 8.8% |
| Langford A Elementary School Chicago | 181 | 95.6% | 16.1% |
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 Kennedy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #1,026 of 1,925 | #287 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,087 of 2,077 ▲ 67 | #322 of 829 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,020 of 2,077 ▼ 122 | #333 of 829 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #2,063 of 2,419 | #831 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #87 of 2,132 | #63 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #365 of 1,461 | #222 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
193
+22 (+13%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 142
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 | 193 | 10 | 19.3:1 | 97% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 11.3 | 17.7:1 | 98% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 11 | 16.1:1 | 98% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 19.2 | 13.0:1 | 100% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 72% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 285 | 14 | 20.4:1 | 90% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 185 | 13 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 142 | 8 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (249 to 193); teachers down 48% (19.2 to 10).
About Kennedy Elementary School
Kennedy Elementary School serves students in Chicago Heights, Illinois, as a small elementary school. The school's 193 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Chicago Heights SD 170, which runs Kennedy Elementary School, has 10 schools and 2,674 students.
Kennedy Elementary School is 63% Black by enrollment. Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic and 3% White. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. Kennedy Elementary School's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Kennedy Elementary School is 10 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.3:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school counts 188 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 97%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Kennedy Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois are predicted to post 15.3%, so the school is 21.5 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Roosevelt Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Kennedy Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Kennedy Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
2024-25 enrollment was 193, a 13% rise from 171 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Greenbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 160 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 Kennedy Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Kennedy Elementary. Kennedy Elementary School is the 29th largest of the 31.
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolWinder, GA · 764 students
- Kennedy ElementaryWILLMAR, MN · 672 students
- KENNEDY ELEMENTARYLAKEVILLE, MN · 638 students
- Kennedy ElementaryMadison, WI · 582 students
- Kennedy ElementaryStockton, CA · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.8 mi · 353
- Wilson Elementary School0.8 mi · 160
- Chicago Heights Middle School1.0 mi · 872
- Barack Obama School of Ldership1.0 mi · 367
- Bloom High School1.0 mi · 1,823
- Illinois School1.1 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy Elementary SchoolHow large is Kennedy Elementary School?
Kennedy Elementary School enrolls approximately 193 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kennedy Elementary School serve?
Kennedy Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elementary School is approximately 19.3:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kennedy Elementary School?
At Kennedy Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 34% Hispanic, 63% Black.
Who oversees Kennedy Elementary School?
Kennedy Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Heights SD 170 in Cook County.
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