Troy Cronin Elem School

As a mid-tier elementary school in Shorewood, Illinois, Troy Cronin Elem School teaches 466 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Troy CCSD 30C. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Troy Cronin Elem School sits 22% above that benchmark.

Troy CCSD 30C comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,971 students; Troy Cronin Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Troy Cronin Elem School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 32% White, 21% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Troy Cronin Elem School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Troy Cronin Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Will County indicate median household income runs about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Troy Cronin Elem School is one.

Troy Hofer Elem Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Troy Cronin Elem School. On composite proficiency, Troy Cronin Elem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Troy Cronin Elem School has declined 23%, going from 607 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 51% to 32%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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