Enrollment
160
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO HEIGHTS SD 170·NCES 170996001228
Wilson Elementary School
422 W 16th Pl, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 756-4839 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL160 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
159 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 13% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Wilson Elementary School→Chicago Heights Middle School
Based on grade levels within Chicago Heights SD 170. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
47.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +32.3pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 32 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 17.3% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% 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 18 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 →
Where Wilson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,185 of 1,925 | #360 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,099 of 2,077 | #328 of 829 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,105 of 2,077 | #364 of 829 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 160 | #2,178 of 2,419 | #864 of 901 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.4% | #31 of 1,461 | #19 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
160
-128 (-44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 11.3:1
% Hispanic
56%
was 38%
% Black
44%
was 60%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | 99% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 9.4 | 17.1:1 | 98% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 181 | 11 | 16.4:1 | 99% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 25.4 | 11.3:1 | 100% (288) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Elementary School.
About Wilson Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 160 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Chicago Heights SD 170 is the local district for Wilson Elementary School. It runs 10 schools with 2,674 students.
More than half of the students at Wilson Elementary School are Hispanic (56%). The rest of enrollment is 44% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wilson Elementary School scores 49%.
The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. A total of 159 students, or 99%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wilson Elementary School is +18.1 points, in the top 10% of Illinois. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.3%, and the predicted rate is 14.1%.
The school is in Cook County, where the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Wilson Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Wilson Elementary School is closest to Barack Obama School of Ldership, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Wilson Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.3% against a local average of 30.2%.
The NCES locale for Wilson Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 288 in 2017-18 and 160 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Meanwhile, the Hispanic share grew from 38% to 56% of enrollment. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.0:1) than in 2017-18 (11.3:1).
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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 Chicago Heights SD 170
- Chicago Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 193 students
- Greenbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Other schools in Chicago Heights
- Bloom High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Bloom Trail High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- Barack Obama School of LdershipMiddle · 367 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Serena Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Barack Obama School of Ldership0.2 mi · 367
- Algonquin Primary Center0.6 mi · 127
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.6 mi · 353
- Kennedy Elementary School0.8 mi · 193
- Washington-McKinley Elementary School1.0 mi · 286
- Illinois School1.0 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 160 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wilson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wilson Elementary School have?
Wilson Elementary School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School reports a student body of 56% Hispanic, 44% Black.
Who oversees Wilson Elementary School?
Wilson Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Heights SD 170 in Cook County.
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