Navajo Heights Elem School

Navajo Heights Elem School is one of the cozy K-5 schools in Palos Heights, Illinois, one of the schools within Palos Heights SD 128, with 174 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Navajo Heights Elem School is one of 4 schools operated by Palos Heights SD 128, a district that teaches 830 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Navajo Heights Elem School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Navajo Heights Elem School reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Navajo Heights Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Independence Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 19%: 146 students in 2018 compared to 174 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 16% to 2%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.