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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Winston Churchill School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOMEWOOD SD 153·NCES 171953002233
Winston Churchill School
1300 190th St, Homewood, IL 60430 · (708) 798-3424 · Cook County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
282 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 198 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 184 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 187 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Winston Churchill School→James Hart School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Homewood SD 153. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.4pp since 2023
Math
38.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 24.6% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Winston Churchill School
Winston Churchill School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Churchill School this school | 572 | 49.3% | 44.1% |
| Willow School Homewood | 603 | 46.1% | N/A |
| Ray Elementary School Chicago | 613 | 44.9% | 30.1% |
| Suder Montessori Elementary Magnet Schl Chicago | 423 | 43.5% | 30.1% |
| Western Avenue Elementary School Flossmoor | 499 | 39.3% | 55.0% |
| Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts Evanston | 421 | 50.1% | 52.8% |
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 Winston Churchill School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #774 of 1,925 | #206 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,018 of 2,077 ▼ 13 | #298 of 829 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #909 of 2,077 ▼ 59 | #288 of 829 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #328 of 2,419 | #176 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,148 of 2,035 | #514 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #464 of 2,042 | #177 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #1,319 of 2,132 | #613 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #1,100 of 1,461 | #532 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
572
-65 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 693
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 | 572 | 41.6 | 13.8:1 | 49% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 49 | 11.1:1 | 43% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 48.6 | 12.4:1 | 40% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 50.4 | 12.2:1 | 39% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 38% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 31% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 45 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winston Churchill School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (613 to 572); teachers down 17% (50.4 to 41.6).
About Winston Churchill School
Among the schools in Homewood, Illinois, is Winston Churchill School, a large elementary school. It enrolls 572 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 3 through 5. That is 50% larger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
The Homewood SD 153 system has 3 schools and 1,856 students.
About 55% of the student body at Winston Churchill School is Black. Other students are 21% White, 16% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 22% Black. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Winston Churchill School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winston Churchill School is 13.8:1, based on 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Winston Churchill School counts 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Winston Churchill School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Winston Churchill School is 1.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.1% actual, 43.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Census data for Cook County show median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Winston Churchill School among them.
Winston Churchill School is about 0.9 miles from Serena Hills Elementary School, its nearest public school. Winston Churchill School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Winston Churchill School's average proficiency of 44.1% compares with 37.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 637 in 2020-21 to 572 in 2024-25.
Winston Churchill School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Homewood SD 153
- James Hart SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Willow SchoolElementary · 603 students
Other schools in Homewood
- James Hart SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Willow SchoolElementary · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Serena Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 305
- Willow School0.9 mi · 603
- James Hart School1.0 mi · 681
- Longwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 364
- Greenbriar Elementary School1.4 mi · 174
- Western Avenue Elementary School1.5 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Winston Churchill SchoolHow large is Winston Churchill School?
Winston Churchill School enrolls approximately 572 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Winston Churchill School serve?
Winston Churchill School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Winston Churchill School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Winston Churchill School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Winston Churchill School?
At Winston Churchill School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 55% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Winston Churchill School in?
Winston Churchill School is part of Homewood SD 153.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.