Wagoner Elem

Wagoner Elem is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Sauk Village, Illinois, overseen by CCSD 168, instructing 466 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Wagoner Elem sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in CCSD 168 (1,243 students total), Wagoner Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Wagoner Elem lists that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Wagoner Elem records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Wagoner Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Wagoner Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Strassburg Elem, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wagoner Elem.

Wagoner Elem operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Wagoner Elem's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 466).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.