Mokena Intermediate School

Mokena Intermediate School is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Mokena, Illinois, operated by Mokena SD 159, with 346 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 5.

Mokena SD 159 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,557 students; Mokena Intermediate School is among them.

On demographics, Mokena Intermediate School records that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Will County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mokena Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 60.6%.

In the area at large, Will County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Mokena Intermediate School is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

The closest other public school is Mokena Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mokena Intermediate School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mokena Intermediate School has ticked down 9%, going from 382 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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