Enrollment
150
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOK COUNTY SD 130·NCES 170651000338
Whittier Elementary School
13043 Maple Ave, Blue Island, IL 60406 · (708) 385-6170 · Cook County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL150 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.6:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
121 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 4 | 67 | 45% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 55% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.1pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 11.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier Elementary School this school | 150 | 80.7% | 27.3% |
| Paul Revere Intermediate School Blue Island | 180 | 79.4% | 24.2% |
| Hodgkins Elementary School Hodgkins | 165 | 78.8% | 44.5% |
| Delacey Family Educ Center Carpentersville | 210 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Plamondon Elementary School Chicago | 92 | 81.5% | 21.0% |
| Telpochcalli Elementary School Chicago | 209 | 87.1% | 23.1% |
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 Whittier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #1,369 of 1,925 | #446 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,564 of 2,077 ▼ 17 | #518 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #1,362 of 2,077 ▲ 76 | #470 of 829 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 150 | #2,214 of 2,419 | #870 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #489 of 2,132 | #336 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #258 of 1,461 | #166 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
150
-36 (-19%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 310
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 | 150 | 10.3 | 14.6:1 | 81% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 10.8 | 14.2:1 | 86% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 15.3 | 11.3:1 | 85% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 203 | 17 | 11.9:1 | 83% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 98% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 95% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 250 | 15 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 13 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (203 to 150); teachers down 40% (17 to 10.3).
About Whittier Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School is a very small elementary school in Cook County SD 130, located in Blue Island, Illinois. The school serves grades 4 through 5. Enrollment is 150 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 61% lower.
Cook County SD 130 has 11 schools; together they serve 2,950 students.
More than half of the students at Whittier Elementary School are Hispanic (75%). Other reported shares: 17% Black and 6% White. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. The diversity index for Whittier Elementary School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Whittier Elementary School, which has 10.3. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Whittier Elementary School is about 81%. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 15 points lower.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Whittier Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Whittier Elementary School is 2.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
In Cook County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Whittier Elementary School among them.
Everett F Kerr Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Whittier Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 28.5%, higher than Whittier Elementary School's 27.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 186 to 150, a 19% decline.
Whittier Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Cook County SD 130
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Nathan Hale Middle SchoolMiddle · 334 students
- Nathan Hale Primary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Paul Revere Primary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Everett F Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
Other schools in Blue Island
- DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)High · 1,818 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Paul Revere Primary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Everett F Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- Horace Mann SchoolElementary · 182 students
Other Whittier Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 17 states are named Whittier Elementary. Whittier Elementary School is the 34th largest of the 35.
- Whittier Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 438 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolWheaton, IL · 433 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolOak Park, IL · 386 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 307 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Everett F Kerr Middle School0.2 mi · 304
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 342
- Horace Mann School0.7 mi · 182
- DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)0.7 mi · 1,818
- Veterans Memorial Middle School0.9 mi · 361
- Paul Revere Intermediate School1.0 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier Elementary SchoolHow large is Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School enrolls approximately 150 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Whittier Elementary School serve?
Whittier Elementary School serves grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Whittier Elementary School have?
Whittier Elementary School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Whittier Elementary School?
Whittier Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 75% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Whittier Elementary School in?
Whittier Elementary School is part of Cook County SD 130.
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