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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WORTH SD 127·NCES 174338004338
Worth Elementary School
11158 S Oak Park Ave, Worth, IL 60482 · (708) 448-2801 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
11.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
407 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Worth Elementary School→Worth Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Worth SD 127. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
41.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.8% | 21.1% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% 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 19 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 →
Schools most like Worth Elementary School
Worth Elementary School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Elementary School this school | 413 | 98.5% | 34.0% |
| Worthwoods Elementary School Worth | 272 | 98.9% | 36.2% |
| Carruthers Elementary School Murphysboro | 426 | 93.4% | 32.1% |
| Ledgewood Elementary School Roscoe | 375 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr Murphysboro | 400 | 94.5% | N/A |
| Bowlesburg Elementary School Silvis | 324 | 96.9% | 27.5% |
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 Worth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,125 of 1,925 | #332 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #1,271 of 2,077 ▼ 135 | #390 of 829 ▼ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,291 of 2,077 ▼ 183 | #435 of 829 ▼ 74 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #944 of 2,419 | #405 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #390 of 2,035 | #211 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #777 of 2,042 | #279 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #54 of 2,132 | #35 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #1,362 of 1,461 | #623 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
413
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 502
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 | 413 | 36 | 11.5:1 | 99% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 31.6 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 29.3 | 13.0:1 | 66% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 53% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 45% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 27 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 22 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Worth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (422 to 413); teachers up 29% (28 to 36).
About Worth Elementary School
Worth Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Worth, Illinois. The student body numbers 413 students, from pre-K through 5.
Worth SD 127 is responsible for 3 schools, Worth Elementary School included, with 1,015 students in all.
White students make up a majority at Worth Elementary School, at 59%. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Cook County's population at about 44%. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 36 full-time-equivalent teachers at Worth Elementary School and a ratio of 11.5:1. This ratio sits 2.5 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Worth Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Illinois, Worth Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.0% compared with a predicted 14.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Worth Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Worth Jr High School is about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Worth Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Worth Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Worth Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 4% from its 2020-21 level of 398.
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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 Worth SD 127
- Worth Jr High SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Worthwoods Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Worthridge SchoolElementary
Other schools in Worth
- Worth Jr High SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Worthwoods Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Regl Inst Scholastic ExcellenceHigh
- Worthridge SchoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Worth Jr High School0.1 mi · 330
- Worthwoods Elementary School0.8 mi · 272
- Elden D Finley Jr High School0.9 mi · 405
- Ridge Central Elementary School1.0 mi · 508
- Ridge Lawn Elementary School1.5 mi · 572
- Amos Alonzo Stagg High School1.5 mi · 2,560
Frequently asked questions
About Worth Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Worth Elementary School?
Worth Elementary School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Worth Elementary School serve?
Worth Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Worth Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Worth Elementary School.
How diverse is Worth Elementary School?
Worth Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Worth Elementary School?
Worth Elementary School is overseen by Worth SD 127 in Cook County.
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