Matteson Elem School

Matteson Elem School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Matteson, Illinois, one of the schools within Matteson ESD 162. Current enrollment sits at 420 students spanning grades K through 3.

Matteson ESD 162 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,405 students; Matteson Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Matteson Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Matteson Elem School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.5%; actual is 27.9%, a gap of -18.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Matteson Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

O W Huth Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Matteson Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Matteson Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.1%.

Matteson Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Matteson Elem School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 420). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 3% to 8%.

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