Worthwoods Elem School

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in Worth, Illinois, Worthwoods Elem School works with 272 students from grades K through 5, run under Worth SD 127. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Worthwoods Elem School sits 29% below that benchmark.

Worth SD 127 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,015 students. Worthwoods Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Worthwoods Elem School logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, Worthwoods Elem School logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at Worthwoods Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Worthwoods Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 14.4%; actual is 36.2%, +21.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Worthwoods Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Worth Jr High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Worthwoods Elem School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Worthwoods Elem School's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 272). Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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