Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALUMET CITY SD 155·NCES 174152003427
Wentworth Intermediate School
530 Superior Ave, Calumet City, IL 60409 · (708) 868-7926 · Cook County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
197 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 102 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 32% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Wentworth Intermediate School→Wentworth Jr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Calumet City SD 155. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
20.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
13.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.3% | 13.3% |
| 2023-24 | 10.2% | 2.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wentworth Intermediate School
Wentworth Intermediate School's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth Intermediate School this school | 315 | 62.5% | 14.7% |
| Lindop Elementary School Broadview | 307 | 65.1% | 41.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Broadview | 345 | 60.9% | 38.1% |
| Garfield Elementary School Maywood | 411 | 60.6% | 23.4% |
| Emerson Elementary School Maywood | 364 | 57.4% | 22.0% |
| Crete Elementary School Crete | 381 | 65.4% | 25.7% |
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 Wentworth Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #1,763 of 1,925 | #665 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,791 of 2,077 ▲ 233 | #640 of 829 ▲ 156 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #1,918 of 2,077 ▲ 1 | #758 of 829 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,457 of 2,419 | #606 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,888 of 2,035 | #772 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #814 of 2,042 | #290 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #938 of 2,132 | #521 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #861 of 1,461 | #441 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
315
-15 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 439
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 | 315 | 18 | 17.5:1 | 63% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 20.1 | 15.8:1 | 72% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 79% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 55% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 57% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 92% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wentworth Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (355 to 315); teachers down 22% (23 to 18).
About Wentworth Intermediate School
Among the schools in Calumet City, Illinois, is Wentworth Intermediate School, a low-enrollment elementary school. There are 315 students enrolled, covering grades 3 through 5.
Calumet City SD 155 (3 schools, 966 students) runs Wentworth Intermediate School.
Federal enrollment data show Wentworth Intermediate School is 57% Black. Other groups make up 37% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Wentworth Intermediate School are from different groups.
The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. A total of 197 students, or 63%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wentworth Intermediate School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wentworth Intermediate School scores 20.7 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.7%; the prediction is 35.4%.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Wentworth Intermediate School's nearest public school is Wentworth Jr High School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Wentworth Intermediate School is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Wentworth Intermediate School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 330 in 2020-21 to 315 in 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 Calumet City SD 155
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Wentworth Jr High SchoolMiddle · 302 students
Other schools in Calumet City
- Thornton Fractnl No High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Caroline Sibley Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Wentworth Jr High SchoolMiddle · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Wentworth Jr High School0.1 mi · 302
- Thornton Fractnl No High School0.5 mi · 1,425
- Wilson Elementary School0.8 mi · 349
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 717
- Caroline Sibley Elementary School0.9 mi · 434
- Carol Moseley Braun School1.1 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Wentworth Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Wentworth Intermediate School?
Wentworth Intermediate School enrolls approximately 315 students in grades 03-05.
Is Wentworth Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wentworth Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Wentworth Intermediate School have?
Wentworth Intermediate School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wentworth Intermediate School?
At Wentworth Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 37% Hispanic, 57% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Wentworth Intermediate School in?
Wentworth Intermediate School is part of Calumet City SD 155.
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