Steger Intermediate Center

Steger Intermediate Center is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Steger, Illinois, run under Steger SD 194, with 465 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 4. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 3 schools in Steger SD 194 (1,507 students total), Steger Intermediate Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Steger Intermediate Center logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Black, 14% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Steger Intermediate Center records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Will County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Steger Intermediate Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 28.9%, a residual of -6.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Will County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Steger Intermediate Center is one campus in the mix.

Columbia Central School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Steger Intermediate Center comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.9%.

Steger Intermediate Center operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 488 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 31% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.