Lynne Thigpen Elem School

As a large K-5 school in Joliet, Illinois, Lynne Thigpen Elem School works with 620 students from grades K through 5, part of Joliet PSD 86. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Lynne Thigpen Elem School sits 63% above that benchmark.

Lynne Thigpen Elem School is one of 20 schools operated by Joliet PSD 86, a district that teaches 9,333 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lynne Thigpen Elem School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Lynne Thigpen Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lynne Thigpen Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.3%, the actual is 18.9%, a residual of +1.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Will County reports that median household income runs about $109,984, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Lynne Thigpen Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Dirksen Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lynne Thigpen Elem School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lynne Thigpen Elem School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 620). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 44% to 64% over that span.

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