Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARVEY SD 152·NCES 171845002131
Maya Angelou Elementary School
15748 Page Ave, Harvey, IL 60426 · (708) 333-0740 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
205 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Maya Angelou Elementary School→Brooks Middle School
Based on grade levels within Harvey SD 152. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
17.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
8.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.9% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 9.6% | 0.9% |
% 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
12.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% 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 Maya Angelou Elementary School
Maya Angelou Elementary School's state test result (12.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maya Angelou Elementary School this school | 271 | 75.6% | 12.5% |
| Cook Elementary School Chicago | 322 | 72.7% | 11.5% |
| Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 330 | 74.2% | 30.2% |
| Oglesby Elementary School Chicago | 293 | 76.5% | 13.9% |
| Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center Chicago | 243 | 76.1% | 27.4% |
| Ashburn Community Elementary School Chicago | 324 | 76.5% | 25.7% |
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 Maya Angelou Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #1,829 of 1,925 | #711 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #1,947 of 2,077 ▲ 111 | #737 of 829 ▲ 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,970 of 2,077 ▼ 33 | #783 of 829 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #1,706 of 2,419 | #702 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,785 of 2,035 | #740 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #1,414 of 2,042 | #524 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #611 of 2,132 | #400 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #1,040 of 1,461 | #505 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
271
+40 (+17%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 297
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 | 271 | 16.5 | 16.4:1 | 76% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 11.5 | 20.4:1 | 59% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 12.5 | 15.4:1 | 66% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 16.8 | 17.6:1 | 100% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 13 | 19.7:1 | 98% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 95% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maya Angelou Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (294 to 271); teachers down 1% (16.8 to 16.5).
About Maya Angelou Elementary School
This page covers Maya Angelou Elementary School, a small elementary school in Harvey, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 271 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.
Maya Angelou Elementary School is one school in Harvey SD 152, a system of 5 schools with 1,487 students.
About 83% of the student body at Maya Angelou Elementary School is Black. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 16.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 16.4:1 here. Around 76% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 10 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Maya Angelou Elementary School would score about 27.8%. It scores 12.5%, a bottom-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Maya Angelou Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Barack H Obama Learning Academy is about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Maya Angelou Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Maya Angelou Elementary School places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Maya Angelou Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 271, a 17% increase from 231 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Maya Angelou Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Harvey SD 152
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
- Riley Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other schools in Harvey
- Thornton Township High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Taft SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other Maya Angelou Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Maya Angelou Elementary. Maya Angelou Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- MAYA ANGELOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 620 students
- Maya Angelou ElementaryPasco, WA · 579 students
Nearby schools
- Barack H Obama Learning Academy0.9 mi · 466
- Whittier Elementary School0.9 mi · 197
- Holmes Elementary School1.1 mi · 270
- Thornton Township High School1.2 mi · 1,697
- Rosa L Parks Middle School1.4 mi · 320
- Bryant Elementary School1.5 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Maya Angelou Elementary School?
Maya Angelou Elementary School enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Maya Angelou Elementary School serve?
Maya Angelou Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maya Angelou Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maya Angelou Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maya Angelou Elementary School?
At Maya Angelou Elementary School, the student body is approximately 16% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Maya Angelou Elementary School?
Maya Angelou Elementary School is overseen by Harvey SD 152 in Cook County.
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