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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALSIP-HAZLGRN-OAKLWN SD 126·NCES 170348000030
Stony Creek Elementary School
11700 S Kolin Ave, Alsip, IL 60803 · (708) 371-0220 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
342 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Stony Creek Elementary School→Prairie Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
56.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.2pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 15.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Stony Creek Elementary School
Stony Creek Elementary School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Creek Elementary School this school | 652 | 52.5% | 39.0% |
| Komarek Elementary School North Riverside | 570 | 53.7% | 44.2% |
| Troy Craughwell School Joliet | 526 | 54.4% | 47.9% |
| River Grove Elementary School River Grove | 722 | 51.0% | 47.2% |
| Conrad Fischer Elementary School Elmhurst | 584 | 51.2% | 43.8% |
| Skoff Elementary Romeoville | 542 | 52.2% | 49.2% |
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 Stony Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #949 of 1,925 | #259 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,315 of 2,077 ▲ 57 | #404 of 829 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #796 of 2,077 ▲ 255 | #250 of 829 ▲ 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #182 of 2,419 | #111 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,249 of 2,035 | #556 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #414 of 2,042 | #160 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #1,233 of 2,132 | #592 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #1,329 of 1,461 | #610 of 661 |
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
652
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 568
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 | 652 | 46.5 | 14.0:1 | 52% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 45.5 | 13.2:1 | 59% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 61% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 41.2 | 16.2:1 | 55% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 54% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 43% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 41 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 30 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stony Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (669 to 652); teachers up 13% (41.2 to 46.5).
About Stony Creek Elementary School
Stony Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school based in Alsip, Illinois. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 652 students. It has 71% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Across its 5 schools, Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126 enrolls 1,595 students. Stony Creek Elementary School is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Stony Creek Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 14% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stony Creek Elementary School scores 64%.
Its staff includes 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.0 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. Roughly 52% of students at Stony Creek Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
Stony Creek Elementary School scores 39.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.2%.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Stony Creek Elementary School among them.
Prairie Jr High School sits about 0.3 miles from Stony Creek Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Stony Creek Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Stony Creek Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126
- Prairie Jr High SchoolMiddle · 303 students
- Hazelgreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- District 126 Early Childhood CenterElementary · 122 students
Other schools in Alsip
- Prairie Jr High SchoolMiddle · 303 students
- Hazelgreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- Hamlin Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 182 students
- District 126 Early Childhood CenterElementary · 122 students
Other Stony Creek Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Stony Creek Elementary. Stony Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolBlue Bell, PA · 643 students
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolNoblesville, IN · 563 students
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolLITTLETON, CO · 349 students
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolReading, PA · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Jr High School0.3 mi · 303
- District 126 Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 122
- Lane Elementary School0.7 mi · 228
- Hazelgreen Elementary School0.8 mi · 290
- Hamlin Upper Grade Center0.9 mi · 182
- Chicago HS for Agricult Sciences1.0 mi · 827
Frequently asked questions
About Stony Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Stony Creek Elementary School?
Stony Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 652 students in grades KG-06.
Is Stony Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stony Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Stony Creek Elementary School have?
Stony Creek Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stony Creek Elementary School?
At Stony Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 49% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Stony Creek Elementary School public or private?
Stony Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126.
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