Mae Jemison School

Mae Jemison School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Hazel Crest, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 368 students.

Besides Mae Jemison School, Prairie-Hills ESD 144 runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 2,473 students.

The large majority of students at Mae Jemison School, 83%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. By the diversity index, Mae Jemison School comes in at 29%.

Federal staffing data show 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mae Jemison School and a ratio of 19.7:1. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 95% of students. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.

Mae Jemison School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 12.4%, compared with a predicted 16.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.

Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.

The school nearest to Mae Jemison School is Chateaux School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Mae Jemison School is 7th among 7 schools close by.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts put enrollment at 356 in 2020-21 and 368 in 2024-25, a 3% gain.

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