Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CCSD 146·NCES 173903003961
Memorial Elementary School
6701 179th St, Tinley Park, IL 60477 · (708) 614-4535 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
110 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 21 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Memorial Elementary School→Central Middle School
Based on grade levels within CCSD 146. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
69.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +28.3pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 28 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 39.3% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 291 | 37.8% | 51.1% |
| Noel Levasseur Elementary School Bourbonnais | 305 | 38.0% | 44.1% |
| Minooka Primary Center Minooka | 247 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Troy Shorewood School Shorewood | 370 | 37.8% | 61.2% |
| Lebanon Elementary School Lebanon | 312 | 41.7% | 57.0% |
| N O Nelson Elementary School Edwardsville | 347 | 33.4% | N/A |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #562 of 1,925 | #152 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #679 of 2,077 ▼ 127 | #200 of 829 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #353 of 2,077 ▲ 405 | #132 of 829 ▲ 114 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,593 of 2,419 | #653 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #280 of 2,035 | #154 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #472 of 2,042 | #180 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,603 of 2,132 | #670 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #264 of 1,461 | #170 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
291
-22 (-7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 409
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 | 291 | 26.5 | 11.0:1 | 38% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 27.5 | 10.8:1 | 33% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 29.5 | 10.0:1 | 34% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 28% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 24 | 14.2:1 | 29% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (392 to 291); teachers down 9% (29 to 26.5).
About Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Tinley Park, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 291 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 24% lower.
CCSD 146 (5 schools, 2,325 students) runs Memorial Elementary School.
Roughly 56% of students at Memorial Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 12% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 44%. Memorial Elementary School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Memorial Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.0:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 38%. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Memorial Elementary School is 49.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Central Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Memorial Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 45.2% on proficiency, and Memorial Elementary School is above that at 51.1%.
The federal government classifies Memorial Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when Memorial Elementary School had 313 students, to 2024-25, when it had 291.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Memorial Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 CCSD 146
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Arnold W Kruse Ed CenterElementary · 462 students
- Walter F Fierke Ed CenterElementary · 443 students
- Bert H Fulton SchoolElementary · 404 students
Other schools in Tinley Park
- Tinley Park High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Walker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 554 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 530 students
Other Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolTaylorville, IL · 297 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolParis, IL · 293 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolWESLACO, TX · 1,109 students
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARCADIA, FL · 861 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMcMinnville, OR · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Central Middle School0.3 mi · 725
- Tinley Park High School0.9 mi · 1,042
- Bert H Fulton School1.0 mi · 404
- John A Bannes Elementary School1.5 mi · 421
- Arbor Park Middle School1.7 mi · 520
- Arbor Elementary School1.7 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Memorial Elementary School serve?
Memorial Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Memorial Elementary School have?
Memorial Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Memorial Elementary School public or private?
Memorial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CCSD 146.
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