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What's one thing Matteson Elem School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATTESON ESD 162·NCES 172502002719
Matteson Elementary School
21245 Main St, Matteson, IL 60443 · (708) 748-0480 · Cook County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
182 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 56%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 29% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.2% | 18.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Matteson Elementary School
Matteson Elementary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteson Elementary School this school | 420 | 43.3% | 27.9% |
| Arcadia Elementary School Olympia Fields | 516 | 43.6% | 36.1% |
| Wagoner Elementary School Sauk Village | 466 | 50.6% | N/A |
| Zenon J Sykuta School Country Club Hills | 273 | 45.4% | N/A |
| Clissold Elementary School Chicago | 508 | 33.7% | 26.4% |
| Strassburg Elementary School Sauk Village | 406 | 55.9% | 14.5% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Matteson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #1,347 of 1,925 | #439 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,103 of 2,077 ▲ 166 | #331 of 829 ▲ 67 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,693 of 2,077 ▼ 130 | #623 of 829 ▼ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #908 of 2,419 | #391 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,488 of 2,035 | #650 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.1% | #1,564 of 2,042 | #588 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #1,475 of 2,132 | #644 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #1,036 of 1,461 | #504 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
420
+53 (+14%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 420 | 28.4 | 14.8:1 | 43% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 57% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 76% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 32.8 | 13.9:1 | 87% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 85% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 92% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Matteson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (456 to 420); teachers down 13% (32.8 to 28.4).
About Matteson Elementary School
Matteson Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Matteson ESD 162 in Matteson, Illinois. The school has 420 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 3.
Matteson ESD 162 is the district for Matteson Elementary School. It has 7 schools and 2,405 students.
By race and ethnicity, Matteson Elementary School is 88% Black. Other groups include 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 22, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 43%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Matteson Elementary School scores 18.6 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.9%; the prediction is 46.5%.
Cook County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Matteson Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, O W Huth Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Matteson Elementary School. Matteson Elementary School places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Matteson Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 14% over 4 years, reaching 420 in 2024-25.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matteson ESD 162
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- O W Huth Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Illinois SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Sauk Elementary SchoolMiddle · 281 students
- Indiana Elementary SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Richton Square SchoolElementary · 161 students
Other schools in Matteson
- Colin Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- O W Huth Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Marya Yates Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
- Sieden Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 279 students
- Woodgate Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
Nearby schools
- O W Huth Middle School0.2 mi · 421
- Indiana Elementary School0.5 mi · 215
- Arcadia Elementary School0.9 mi · 516
- Illinois School1.1 mi · 391
- Michelle Obama School of Technology1.2 mi · 428
- Rich Township High School1.4 mi · 2,433
Frequently asked questions
About Matteson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Matteson Elementary School?
Matteson Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-03.
Is Matteson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Matteson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Matteson Elementary School have?
Matteson Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Matteson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Matteson Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 8% Hispanic, 88% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Matteson Elementary School public or private?
Matteson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Matteson ESD 162.
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