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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 703 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS CCSD 118·NCES 173060003180
Palos East Elementary School
7700 W 127th St, Palos Heights, IL 60463 · (708) 448-1084 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
254 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Palos East Elementary School→Palos South Middle School
Based on grade levels within Palos CCSD 118. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
73.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.6% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 54.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Palos East Elementary School
Palos East Elementary School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palos East Elementary School this school | 705 | 36.0% | 65.0% |
| Palos West Elementary School Palos Park | 700 | 34.7% | 73.4% |
| Manteno Elementary School Manteno | 694 | 34.3% | 54.6% |
| Galena Elementary and Middle School Galena | 576 | 30.7% | 58.7% |
| Saratoga Elementary School Morris | 786 | 41.2% | 56.8% |
| Rockton Elementary School Rockton | 518 | 36.1% | 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 Palos East Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #205 of 1,925 | #73 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #426 of 2,077 ▼ 181 | #140 of 829 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #259 of 2,077 ▼ 76 | #100 of 829 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #123 of 2,419 | #80 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #712 of 2,035 | #339 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #1,179 of 2,042 | #441 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #1,651 of 2,132 | #679 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #248 of 615 | #72 of 186 |
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
705
+79 (+13%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 745
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 | 705 | 56.6 | 12.5:1 | 36% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 48.2 | 14.6:1 | 35% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 51.4 | 13.4:1 | 32% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 40.2 | 15.8:1 | 31% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 813 | 48 | 16.9:1 | 22% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 46 | 15.4:1 | 12% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 40 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 745 | 38 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palos East Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (634 to 705); teachers up 41% (40.2 to 56.6).
About Palos East Elementary School
Palos East Elementary School is an elementary school in Palos Heights, Illinois, reachable at (708) 448-1084. School enrollment was 705 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Besides Palos East Elementary School, Palos CCSD 118 runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 2,122 students.
Palos East Elementary School's enrollment is 77% White. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Cook County overall, about 44% of residents are White. Palos East Elementary School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Palos East Elementary School is 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.5:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 36%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Palos East Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places Palos East Elementary School in the top 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 14.3 points above it (65.0% actual, 50.7% predicted).
Federal survey data for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The next-closest public school is Palos South Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Palos East Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Palos East Elementary School is 2nd of 4 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Palos East Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 705, 13% above the 626 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Palos East 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 Palos CCSD 118
- Palos South Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Palos West Elementary SchoolElementary · 700 students
Other schools in Palos Heights
- A B Shepard High School (Campus)High · 1,916 students
- Chippewa Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Independence Jr High SchoolMiddle · 236 students
- Indian HillElementary · 183 students
- Navajo Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Palos South Middle School1.0 mi · 717
- Navajo Heights Elementary School1.1 mi · 174
- Independence Jr High School1.3 mi · 236
- A B Shepard High School (Campus)1.7 mi · 1,916
- Amos Alonzo Stagg High School1.9 mi · 2,560
- Worthwoods Elementary School2.0 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Palos East Elementary SchoolHow large is Palos East Elementary School?
Palos East Elementary School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Palos East Elementary School serve?
Palos East Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Palos East Elementary School have?
Palos East Elementary School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palos East Elementary School?
At Palos East Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Palos East Elementary School public or private?
Palos East Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palos CCSD 118.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.