Nathan Hale Elem School

Located at 19055 Burnham Ave, in Lansing, Illinois, Nathan Hale Elem School is a moderately sized elementary-level community that hosts 525 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within Sunnybrook SD 171. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 381.

Within Sunnybrook SD 171, which oversees 2 schools and 1,025 students, Nathan Hale Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nathan Hale Elem School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Nathan Hale Elem School logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Nathan Hale Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.8%; Nathan Hale Elem School posts 21.9%, -14.9 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Nathan Hale Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Heritage Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nathan Hale Elem School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nathan Hale Elem School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 537 (now 525). Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 22% across the same window.

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