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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 703 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS CCSD 118·NCES 173060003182
Palos West Elementary School
12700 S 104th Ave, Palos Park, IL 60464 · (708) 448-6888 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- A+Beats 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
13.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
243 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 91 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
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 West 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
80.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.3pp since 2023
Math
73.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 73.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 63.8% |
% 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
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% 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 22 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 West Elementary School
Palos West Elementary School's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palos West Elementary School this school | 700 | 34.7% | 73.4% |
| Palos East Elementary School Palos Heights | 705 | 36.0% | 65.0% |
| Manteno Elementary School Manteno | 694 | 34.3% | 54.6% |
| Galena Elementary and Middle School Galena | 576 | 30.7% | 58.7% |
| Rockton Elementary School Rockton | 518 | 36.1% | N/A |
| Whitman Post Elementary School Rockton | 509 | 32.6% | 64.4% |
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 West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #82 of 1,925 | #31 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #153 of 2,077 ▼ 41 | #57 of 829 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #140 of 2,077 ▲ 12 | #60 of 829 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #128 of 2,419 | #83 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,221 of 2,035 | #542 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #1,184 of 2,042 | #443 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,682 of 2,132 | #689 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #299 of 615 | #88 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
700
+47 (+7%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 592
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 | 700 | 50.2 | 13.9:1 | 35% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 51.4 | 13.8:1 | 36% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 48.7 | 14.7:1 | 34% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 38.5 | 16.6:1 | 22% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 34 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palos West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (639 to 700); teachers up 31% (38.5 to 50.2).
About Palos West Elementary School
Palos West Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Palos Park, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 700 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 84% larger than average.
Palos West Elementary School is one of the 3 schools that make up Palos CCSD 118 (2,122 students in total).
Palos West Elementary School is 77% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Cook County overall, about 44% of residents are White. Palos West Elementary School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Palos West Elementary School, 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. Roughly 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 31 points.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Palos West Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Palos West Elementary School scores 22.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 73.4% actual versus 51.5% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Palos West Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Palos West Elementary School is Carl Sandburg High School, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 700, a 7% gain from 653 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Palos West Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 East Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Carl Sandburg High School1.2 mi · 2,840
- Orland Park Elementary School2.0 mi · 386
- Centennial School2.1 mi · 392
- High Point Elementary School2.7 mi · 504
- Orland Jr High School2.8 mi · 524
- Palos South Middle School2.8 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Palos West Elementary SchoolHow large is Palos West Elementary School?
Palos West Elementary School enrolls approximately 700 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Palos West Elementary School serve?
Palos West Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Palos West Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Palos West Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Palos West Elementary School?
Student demographics at Palos West Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Palos West Elementary School?
Palos West Elementary School is overseen by Palos CCSD 118 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.