Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMMIT SD 104·NCES 170405000093
Walsh Elementary School
5640 S 75th Ave, Summit, IL 60501 · (708) 458-7165 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
175 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Walsh Elementary School→Heritage Middle School
Based on grade levels within Summit SD 104. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
54.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +25.7pp since 2023
Math
37.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 18.1% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 16% 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 23 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 Walsh Elementary School
Walsh Elementary School's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh Elementary School this school | 182 | 96.2% | 39.1% |
| U S Grant Elementary School South Chicago Heights | 147 | 95.2% | 37.8% |
| W W Walker Elementary School Bedford Park | 130 | 99.2% | 28.6% |
| Delacey Family Educ Center Carpentersville | 210 | 85.7% | N/A |
| A O Marshall Elementary School Joliet | 246 | 95.1% | 19.2% |
| 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 Walsh Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #945 of 1,925 | #257 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,029 of 2,077 ▲ 236 | #301 of 829 ▲ 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #863 of 2,077 ▲ 379 | #270 of 829 ▲ 149 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #2,107 of 2,419 | #840 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #113 of 2,132 | #86 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #73 of 1,461 | #50 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
182
-63 (-26%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 342
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 | 182 | 21.5 | 8.5:1 | 96% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 24 | 10.0:1 | 69% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 23 | 9.7:1 | 57% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 25.6 | 11.4:1 | 69% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 59% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 85% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 25 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 18 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walsh Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (293 to 182); teachers down 16% (25.6 to 21.5).
About Walsh Elementary School
Walsh Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Summit, Illinois. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 182 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Walsh Elementary School is a school in Summit SD 104. The district has 5 schools and 1,435 students.
A majority of students at Walsh Elementary School, 76%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 8% White, 8% Asian, and 6% Black. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 50 points below the school's share. Walsh Elementary School has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Walsh Elementary School and a ratio of 8.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 96% of enrollment. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 30 points lower.
Walsh Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.1 points (39.1% versus 16.0%), a top-10% result in Illinois on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The nearest public school is Heritage Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Walsh Elementary School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Walsh Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Walsh Elementary School went from 245 students to 182.
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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 Summit SD 104
- Otis P Graves Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- W W Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 130 students
- Dr Donald Wharton Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Other schools in Summit
- Argo Community High SchoolHigh · 1,817 students
- Otis P Graves Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- Dr Donald Wharton Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Other Walsh Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Walsh Elementary. Walsh Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Walsh Elementary SchoolLockport, IL · 363 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 245 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 550 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolWALSH, CO · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Middle School0.5 mi · 447
- Otis P Graves Elementary School0.5 mi · 562
- Argo Community High School0.9 mi · 1,817
- Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School1.0 mi · 114
- Byrne Elementary School1.0 mi · 619
- Dore Elementary School1.1 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About Walsh Elementary SchoolHow large is Walsh Elementary School?
Walsh Elementary School enrolls approximately 182 students in grades KG-05.
Is Walsh Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walsh Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walsh Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walsh Elementary School is approximately 8.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walsh Elementary School?
At Walsh Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 76% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Walsh Elementary School public or private?
Walsh Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Summit SD 104.
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