Enrollment
274
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOVER-SCHRUM MEMORIAL SD 157·NCES 171968000742
Schrum Memorial School
485 165th St, Calumet City, IL 60409 · (708) 862-4236 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
140 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 96 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 31% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
7.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.4% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 6.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Schrum Memorial School
Schrum Memorial School's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schrum Memorial School this school | 274 | 51.1% | 20.3% |
| Rickover Jr High School Sauk Village | 371 | 51.5% | 13.9% |
| Indiana Elementary School Park Forest | 215 | 54.4% | 30.6% |
| Calumet Elementary School Calumet Park | 316 | 56.0% | 18.6% |
| Heritage Middle School Lansing | 500 | 59.4% | 30.4% |
| Brookwood Jr High School Glenwood | 226 | 65.0% | 33.4% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Schrum Memorial School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #525 of 578 | #102 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #615 of 640 ▼ 23 | #138 of 146 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #558 of 640 ▼ 51 | #126 of 146 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #478 of 691 | #127 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #540 of 558 | #131 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #384 of 560 | #105 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #282 of 581 | #82 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #426 of 440 | #94 of 97 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
274
-41 (-13%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 354
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 | 274 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 51% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 27.3 | 9.6:1 | 60% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 28 | 9.9:1 | 71% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 28 | 9.9:1 | 99% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 280 | 29 | 9.7:1 | 98% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 90% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 22 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schrum Memorial School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (277 to 274); teachers down 46% (28 to 15).
About Schrum Memorial School
Schrum Memorial School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157, located in Calumet City, Illinois. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 274 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students.
The district for Schrum Memorial School is Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157, with 2 schools and 845 students.
At Schrum Memorial School, Black students make up 80% of the student body. The school is also 16% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Schrum Memorial School has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Schrum Memorial School total 15 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 51%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Schrum Memorial School is F. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schrum Memorial School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 21.8 points (20.3% versus 42.0%), a bottom-10% result in Illinois on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Reavis Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Schrum Memorial School is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Schrum Memorial School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 274, 13% below the 315 of 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Schrum Memorial 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 Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Calumet City
- Thornton Fractnl No High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Caroline Sibley Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Wentworth Intermediate SchoolElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Reavis Elementary School0.4 mi · 362
- Hoover Elementary School0.7 mi · 571
- Kenwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 267
- Coolidge Elementary School1.3 mi · 670
- Thomas A Edison Elementary School1.5 mi · 705
- Lincoln Elementary School1.5 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Schrum Memorial SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Schrum Memorial School?
Schrum Memorial School enrolls approximately 274 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Schrum Memorial School serve?
Schrum Memorial School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schrum Memorial School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schrum Memorial School is approximately 18.3:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Schrum Memorial School?
Schrum Memorial School reports a student body of 0% White, 16% Hispanic, 80% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Schrum Memorial School?
Schrum Memorial School is overseen by Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157 in Cook County.
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