Turner Elem School

Turner Elem School is a very small K-5 school in Crestwood, Illinois, overseen by Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5. The school hosts 148 students in grades pre-K through K. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,286 students. Turner Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Turner Elem School shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 29% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Turner Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Kellar School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Turner Elem School has ticked down 10%, going from 165 students in 2018 to 148 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 33% to 29%. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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