U S Grant Elem School

U S Grant Elem School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in South Chicago Heights, Illinois, operated by Chicago Heights SD 170, with 147 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 10 schools in Chicago Heights SD 170 (2,674 students total), U S Grant Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, U S Grant Elem School logs that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 14% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting U S Grant Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, U S Grant Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 16.5%; actual is 37.8%, +21.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which U S Grant Elem School is one.

Garfield Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), U S Grant Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 32.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. U S Grant Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 49% since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 147). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 75% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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