Reavis Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 1% |
School pathway
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 23.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% 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 23 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
Schools most like Reavis Elementary School
Reavis Elementary School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reavis Elementary School this school | 362 | 98.9% | 37.9% |
| Claremont Magnet Elementary School Chicago | 335 | 96.4% | 19.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Bellwood | 310 | 99.4% | 26.0% |
| Montessori of Englewood Chtr Elementary School Chicago | 349 | 99.1% | 9.6% |
| Young Elementary School Chicago | 417 | 96.2% | 15.6% |
| Taft School Harvey | 308 | 100.0% | N/A |
Where Reavis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #987 of 1,925 | #274 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #1,195 of 2,077 ▼ 158 | #365 of 829 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #995 of 2,077 ▲ 156 | #321 of 829 ▲ 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #1,196 of 2,419 | #496 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,034 of 2,035 | #471 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #897 of 2,042 | #327 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #48 of 2,132 | #30 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #479 of 1,461 | #278 of 661 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 362 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 99% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 95% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 21% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 27.4 | 16.4:1 | 65% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 84% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 76% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | 15 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 299 | 18 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (448 to 362); teachers down 1% (27.4 to 27).
About Reavis Elementary School
Students in Lansing, Illinois, attend Reavis Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 362 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
Lansing SD 158 oversees Reavis Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 2,547 students in total.
About 65% of the student body at Reavis Elementary School is Black. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% White. Among people living in Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Reavis Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Reavis Elementary School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
After accounting for student poverty, Reavis Elementary School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.9% is 23.5 points above the 14.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Reavis Elementary School among them.
Schrum Memorial School is about 0.4 miles from Reavis Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 37.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment decreased by 20% across 4 years, from 453 in 2020-21 to 362 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Reavis Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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