Mae Jemison School

Located at 3450 W 177th St, in Hazel Crest, Illinois, Mae Jemison School is an average-sized elementary-level community that hosts 368 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Prairie-Hills ESD 144.

Mae Jemison School is one of 9 schools operated by Prairie-Hills ESD 144, a district that hosts 2,473 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mae Jemison School shows that nearly all students (83%) are Black; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Mae Jemison School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mae Jemison School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.8%; this one delivers 12.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Mae Jemison School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Chateaux School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mae Jemison School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 91% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

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