Strassburg Elem

Strassburg Elem is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in Sauk Village, Illinois, operated by CCSD 168, serveing 406 students in grades 3 through 5.

Strassburg Elem is one of 3 schools operated by CCSD 168, a district that teaches 1,243 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Strassburg Elem reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Strassburg Elem sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.2%; actual is 14.5%, a gap of -24.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Strassburg Elem is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rickover Jr High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Strassburg Elem. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Strassburg Elem ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.