Lester Crawl Primary Ctr

Lester Crawl Primary Ctr is a primary school of one-room-style scale in Lansing, Illinois, one of the schools within Lansing SD 158, works with 135 students in grades pre-K through 1. That puts it 65% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 5 schools in Lansing SD 158 (2,547 students total), Lester Crawl Primary Ctr accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lester Crawl Primary Ctr shows that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Lester Crawl Primary Ctr lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Lester Crawl Primary Ctr is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thornton Fractnl So High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 55%: 87 students in 2018 compared to 135 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 34% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.