Enrollment
147
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO HEIGHTS SD 170·NCES 170996001226
U S Grant Elementary School
2712 Miller Ave, South Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 756-4156 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
140 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (20).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
U S Grant Elementary School→Chicago Heights Middle School
Based on grade levels within Chicago Heights SD 170. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.9pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 29.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 U S Grant Elementary School
U S Grant Elementary School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| U S Grant Elementary School this school | 147 | 95.2% | 37.8% |
| Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School Summit | 114 | 98.2% | 44.8% |
| W W Walker Elementary School Bedford Park | 130 | 99.2% | 28.6% |
| Turner Elementary School Crestwood | 148 | 96.6% | N/A |
| Greenbriar Elementary School Chicago Heights | 174 | 98.3% | 44.8% |
| Pilsen Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 217 | 92.2% | 16.3% |
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 U S Grant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #994 of 1,925 | #275 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #820 of 2,077 ▼ 10 | #243 of 829 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #929 of 2,077 ▲ 199 | #295 of 829 ▲ 76 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #2,228 of 2,419 | #873 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #143 of 2,132 | #112 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.3% | #16 of 1,461 | #11 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
147
-31 (-17%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 228
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 | 147 | 15 | 9.8:1 | 95% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 163 | 13.4 | 12.2:1 | 96% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 14 | 11.4:1 | 99% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 20 | 14.5:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 15 | 17.3:1 | 99% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 18 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 12 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for U S Grant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 49% (290 to 147); teachers down 25% (20 to 15).
About U S Grant Elementary School
U S Grant Elementary School is an elementary school in South Chicago Heights, Illinois, reachable at (708) 756-4156. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 147 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Besides U S Grant Elementary School, Chicago Heights SD 170 runs 9 other schools. The district enrolls 2,674 students.
A large majority of enrollment at U S Grant Elementary School is Hispanic, at 81%. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 54 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.
U S Grant Elementary School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. At U S Grant Elementary School, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 29 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On the allk12 Grade, U S Grant Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, U S Grant Elementary School would score about 16.5%. It scores 37.8%, a top-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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, U S Grant Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Garfield Elementary School is closest at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, U S Grant Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
U S Grant Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 31 students 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 Chicago Heights SD 170
- Chicago Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 193 students
- Greenbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Other schools in South Chicago Heights
- Steger Primary CenterElementary · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Garfield Elementary School0.6 mi · 248
- Steger Primary Center0.8 mi · 396
- Washington-McKinley Elementary School0.9 mi · 286
- Lincoln Elementary School1.2 mi · 84
- Barack Obama School of Ldership1.3 mi · 367
- Wilson Elementary School1.3 mi · 160
Frequently asked questions
About U S Grant Elementary SchoolHow large is U S Grant Elementary School?
U S Grant Elementary School enrolls approximately 147 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does U S Grant Elementary School serve?
U S Grant Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at U S Grant Elementary School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at U S Grant Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at U S Grant Elementary School?
Student demographics at U S Grant Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is U S Grant Elementary School in?
U S Grant Elementary School is part of Chicago Heights SD 170.
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