Springfield Elem School

As a cozy elementary-level community in Midlothian, Illinois, Springfield Elem School educates 311 students from grades K through 5, operated by Midlothian SD 143.

Within Midlothian SD 143, which oversees 4 schools and 1,620 students, Springfield Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Springfield Elem School logs that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 23% White, 21% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Springfield Elem School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Springfield Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 38.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Springfield Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Bremen High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Springfield Elem School. On composite proficiency, Springfield Elem School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Springfield Elem School's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 311). Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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