Winston Churchill School

As a well-populated K-5 school in Homewood, Illinois, Winston Churchill School enrolls 572 students from grades 3 through 5, one of the schools within Homewood SD 153. Enrollment runs roughly 50% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Homewood SD 153 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,856 students. Winston Churchill School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Winston Churchill School reports that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Winston Churchill School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 44.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Winston Churchill School is one campus in the mix.

Serena Hills Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Winston Churchill School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

Winston Churchill School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 613 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 28% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Winston Churchill School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.