Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLWOOD SD 88·NCES 170576000251
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
2501 Oak St, Bellwood, IL 60104 · (708) 410-3500 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
229 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School→Roosevelt Middle School
Based on grade levels within Bellwood SD 88. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
16.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 6.2% |
% 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
20.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School's state test result (20.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School this school | 229 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Hay Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 247 | 97.6% | 21.3% |
| Madison School South Holland | 277 | 99.6% | 34.5% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Chicago Heights | 193 | 97.4% | 36.8% |
| Eisenhower School South Holland | 274 | 99.6% | 34.9% |
| McKinley Elementary School Bellwood | 304 | 98.7% | 22.5% |
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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #1,597 of 1,925 | #560 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,705 of 2,077 ▲ 93 | #587 of 829 ▲ 63 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,690 of 2,077 ▲ 64 | #621 of 829 ▲ 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 229 | #1,928 of 2,419 | #781 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #799 of 2,035 | #379 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #864 of 2,042 | #312 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 2,132 | #1 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #275 of 1,461 | #176 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
229
-33 (-13%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 350
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 | 229 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 100% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 99% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 99% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 26.9 | 11.4:1 | 98% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 37% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 16 | 21.4:1 | 68% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 20 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 18 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurgood Marshall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (306 to 229); teachers down 33% (26.9 to 18).
About Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is a small elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Bellwood. School enrollment was 229 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 40% smaller than that.
Bellwood SD 88 has 6 schools and 1,998 students, and Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is one of those schools.
Black students are the majority at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, with 59% of enrollment. The school is also 37% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School's 18 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.7:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 34 points.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School would score about 13.8%. It scores 20.2%, 6.5 points above that figure.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
Nearest public school: Roosevelt Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 13% from its 2020-21 level of 262.
The Thurgood Marshall Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Bellwood SD 88
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 178 students
- Grant PrimaryElementary
Other schools in Bellwood
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Jefferson Primary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 178 students
Other Thurgood Marshall Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 14.
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryRockford, IL · 374 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolMorrow, GA · 801 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryOxnard, CA · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryManassas, VA · 642 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryGaithersburg, MD · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Middle School0.1 mi · 614
- McKinley Elementary School0.5 mi · 304
- Irving Middle School0.7 mi · 515
- Melrose Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 602
- Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 178
- Washington Dual Language Academy0.9 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolHow large is Thurgood Marshall Elementary School?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School enrolls approximately 229 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Thurgood Marshall Elementary School serve?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School?
At Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% Hispanic, 59% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Thurgood Marshall Elementary School?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is overseen by Bellwood SD 88 in Cook County.
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