Enrollment
176
Elementary
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH HOLLAND SD 150·NCES 173672001600
McKinley Elementary School
850 E 170th St, South Holland, IL 60473 · (708) 339-8500 · Cook County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
141 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 86 | 49% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 51% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
McKinley Elementary School→McKinley Jr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Holland SD 150. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.2pp since 2023
Math
34.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 23.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary School this school | 176 | 80.1% | 34.3% |
| Revere Elementary School Chicago | 184 | 78.8% | 13.2% |
| Colemon J Elementary Academy Chicago | 166 | 77.7% | 38.6% |
| Lawndale Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 191 | 80.6% | 8.2% |
| Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy Chicago | 203 | 78.8% | 35.8% |
| Brownell Elementary School Chicago | 165 | 85.5% | 20.3% |
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 McKinley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,111 of 1,925 | #327 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #1,149 of 2,077 ▼ 100 | #349 of 829 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,043 of 2,077 ▲ 346 | #341 of 829 ▲ 153 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 176 | #2,124 of 2,419 | #848 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #503 of 2,132 | #346 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #463 of 1,461 | #268 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
176
-14 (-7%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 213
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 | 176 | 9 | 19.6:1 | 80% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 11 | 15.4:1 | 83% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 9 | 20.0:1 | 93% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 9 | 24.3:1 | 87% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 198 | 3 | 66.0:1 | 82% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 217 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 67% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 11 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (219 to 176); teachers unchanged (9 to 9).
About McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in South Holland, Illinois. Enrollment stands at 176 students, covering grades 4 through 5. The school is 54% below the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
South Holland SD 150 counts 3 schools and 784 students, including McKinley Elementary School.
The share of students at McKinley Elementary School who are Black is 90%. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at McKinley Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 19.6:1 is based on 9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, McKinley Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, McKinley Elementary School would score about 25.3%. It scores 34.3%, 9.1 points above that figure.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
The closest school to McKinley Elementary School is McKinley Jr High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. McKinley Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.3% against a local average of 27.2%.
Federal data place McKinley Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, McKinley Elementary School enrolled 190 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 176.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 South Holland SD 150
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- McKinley Jr High SchoolMiddle · 287 students
Other schools in South Holland
- Thornwood High SchoolHigh · 1,843 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- New Beginnings Learning AcademyElementary · 288 students
- McKinley Jr High SchoolMiddle · 287 students
- Madison SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Eisenhower SchoolElementary · 274 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary School is the 54th largest of the 56.
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElgin, IL · 395 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolOttawa, IL · 364 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolBellwood, IL · 304 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Jr High School0.0 mi · 287
- Greenwood Elementary School0.4 mi · 321
- Thornwood High School0.5 mi · 1,843
- Eisenhower School1.3 mi · 274
- Wolcott School1.5 mi · 249
- Madison School1.7 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School enrolls approximately 176 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does McKinley Elementary School serve?
McKinley Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many teachers does McKinley Elementary School have?
McKinley Elementary School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary School?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary School are roughly 8% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is McKinley Elementary School in?
McKinley Elementary School is part of South Holland SD 150.
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