Western Avenue Elem School

Western Avenue Elem School is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Flossmoor, Illinois, one of the schools within Flossmoor SD 161, with 499 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Flossmoor SD 161, which oversees 5 schools and 2,302 students, Western Avenue Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Western Avenue Elem School shows that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Western Avenue Elem School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Western Avenue Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Western Avenue Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 55.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Western Avenue Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Parker Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Western Avenue Elem School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 33% to 22%.

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