Is Nathan Hale Intermediate a good school?

Nathan Hale Intermediate ranks 1519 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Nathan Hale Intermediate?

In the 2022-23 school year, 195 students attended Nathan Hale Intermediate.

What is the racial makeup of Nathan Hale Intermediate?

Students at Nathan Hale Intermediate are 54% Hispanic, 26% White, 18% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Nathan Hale Intermediate attend?

Students who attend Nathan Hale Intermediate usually go on to attend: Middle : Nathan Hale Middle School High : DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)

Nathan Hale Intermediate

Summary:

Nathan Hale Intermediate is a public elementary school serving grades 4-5 in Crestwood, Illinois, with 195 students. The school is part of the Cook County School District 130, which is ranked 700 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Nathan Hale Intermediate consistently performs below state and district averages on standardized tests, with only 23.4% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 10.5% proficient or better in math, compared to 28% and 13.3% for the district, and 41.2% and 28.4% for the state, respectively. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 19.4% to 21.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, 78.97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Kerkstra Elementary School in the Forest Ridge School District 142, Nathan Hale Intermediate generally performs worse academically. The school's performance has also declined over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 1249 out of 2046 Illinois elementary schools in 2015-2016 to 1519 out of 2067 in 2023-2024. However, the school appears to be more effective in serving students with disabilities and English Language Learners, with those subgroups ranking in the top 50% of Illinois elementary schools in recent years.

Detail:

Public 4-5

5312 135th St
Crestwood, IL 60445-1504

(708) 385-3399

District: Cook County School District 130

SchoolDigger Rank:
1519^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,659

Students who attend Nathan Hale Intermediate usually attend:

Middle:	Nathan Hale Middle School
High:	DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)

Student/teacher ratio: 11.8

Number of students: 195

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

54.4%

White:

26.2%

African American:

17.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 79%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Nathan Hale Intermediate ranks worse than 73.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Cook County School District 130. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.75. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Nathan Hale Intermediate is $23,659, which is the highest among 7 elementary schools in the Cook County School District 130!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Nathan Hale Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Nathan Hale Intermediate 1519^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Nathan Hale Intermediate in the ranking list.)

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Cook County School District 130:

SchoolDigger ranks Cook County School District 130 700^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Nathan Hale Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	33.12	1500^th	2020	25.7%
2004	33.85	1517^th	2030	25.3%
2005	40.36	1410^th	2022	30.3%
2006	38.14	1544^th	2086	26.0%
2007	30.75	1673^rd	2095	20.1%
2008	34.46	1549^th	2092	26.0%
2009	53.56	1188^th	2120	44.0%
2010	46.26	1366^th	2139	36.1%
2011	38.07	1524^th	2147	29.0%
2012	43.70	1429^th	2166	34.0%
2013	27.99	1628^th	2167	24.9%
2014	26.38	1618^th	2093	22.7%
2015	30.36	1396^th	2052	32.0%
2016	36.84	1249^th	2046	39.0%
2017	27.30	1487^th	2044	27.3%
2018	31.23	1394^th	2037	31.6%
2019	31.51	1414^th	2086	32.2%
2022	31.07	1365^th	2082	34.4%
2023	31.14	1372^nd	2077	33.9%
2024	25.75	1519^th	2067	26.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.70	279^th	718	61.1%
2019	61.14	161^st	743	78.3%
2022	43.97	376^th	768	51.0%
2023	52.22	269^th	788	65.9%
2024	47.90	337^th	826	59.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.42	615^th	763	19.4%
2019	37.21	685^th	1194	42.6%
2022	28.57	809^th	1113	27.3%
2023	64.34	303^rd	1156	73.8%
2024	38.93	664^th	1195	44.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.07	850^th	1765	51.8%
2019	46.67	919^th	1816	49.4%
2022	41.00	1002^nd	1763	43.2%
2023	45.08	932^nd	1808	48.5%
2024	31.59	1274^th	1793	28.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.14	1303^rd	1964	33.7%
2019	30.93	1383^rd	2019	31.5%
2022	35.74	1184^th	1970	39.9%
2023	33.02	1248^th	1957	36.2%
2024	30.48	1312^th	1942	32.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	58.76	269^th	907	70.3%
2024	49.15	350^th	886	60.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.73	1365^th	1972	30.8%
2019	32.64	1346^th	2019	33.3%
2022	25.17	1431^st	1977	27.6%
2023	29.36	1343^rd	1984	32.3%
2024	23.31	1503^rd	1959	23.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.67	188^th	698	73.1%
2019	48.36	298^th	711	58.1%
2022	44.61	318^th	684	53.5%
2023	32.77	480^th	692	30.6%
2024	32.69	456^th	655	30.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.47	584^th	938	37.7%
2019	47.74	454^th	955	52.5%
2022	43.51	492^nd	954	48.4%
2023	45.89	471^st	970	51.4%
2024	37.70	580^th	959	39.5%

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Rank History for White students at Nathan Hale Intermediate

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.15	1228^th	1463	16.1%
2019	20.27	1244^th	1462	14.9%
2022	23.62	1172^nd	1425	17.8%
2023	24.38	1142^nd	1419	19.5%
2024	27.06	1069^th	1392	23.2%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Nathan Hale Intermediate

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	317	152	1	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	478
1989	327	187	1	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	522
1990	318	199	n/a	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	523
1991	297	191	2	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	496
1992	267	183	2	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	460
1993	268	131	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	405
1994	261	151	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	421
1995	244	171	1	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	436
1996	244	171	1	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	436
1997	239	178	11	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	450
1998	233	190	0	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	447
1999	229	183	0	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	441
2000	247	166	0	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	431
2001	246	170	0	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	448
2002	172	80	0	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	279
2003	172	80	0	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	279
2004	144	89	1	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	262
2005	144	97	1	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	264
2006	87	58	1	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	162
2007	73	57	3	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	150
2008	57	57	2	25	0	n/a	n/a	5	146
2009	65	58	1	19	0	n/a	n/a	7	150
2010	83	58	1	20	0	n/a	n/a	8	170
2011	55	48	2	58	1	1	2	0	167
2012	60	53	2	82	1	1	0	0	199
2013	73	52	5	100	0	0	2	0	232
2014	69	50	2	107	1	0	3	0	232
2015	74	32	1	90	1	0	3	0	201
2016	91	38	1	90	1	0	2	0	223
2017	88	50	4	97	0	0	5	0	244
2018	87	50	4	104	0	0	6	0	251
2019	67	43	0	98	0	0	3	0	211
2020	53	47	1	82	0	0	3	0	186
2021	61	39	3	93	0	0	3	0	199
2022	63	35	2	99	0	0	1	0	200
2023	51	35	1	106	0	0	2	0	195

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Nathan Hale Intermediate

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	478	28.0	17.0	n/a
1989	522	26.4	19.7	n/a
1990	523	29.0	18.0	n/a
1991	496	30.0	16.5	n/a
1992	460	27.9	16.4	n/a
1993	405	23.0	17.6	n/a
1994	421	23.0	18.3	n/a
1995	436	23.0	19.0	n/a
1996	436	23.0	19.0	n/a
1997	450	22.0	20.5	n/a
1998	447	23.0	19.4	n/a
1999	441	25.0	17.6	n/a
2000	431	28.0	15.4	n/a
2001	448	30.0	14.9	n/a
2002	279	20.0	14.0	57.3
2003	279	20.0	14.0	57.3
2004	262	18.0	14.6	62.2
2005	264	17.0	15.5	61.7
2006	162	16.0	10.1	52.5
2007	150	12.0	12.5	59.3
2008	146	8.0	18.3	66.7
2009	150	11.0	13.6	72.7
2010	170	13.0	13.0	60.5
2011	167	10.0	16.7	70.7
2012	199	13.4	14.8	77.9
2013	232	21.9	10.5	69
2014	232	7.7	29.9	76.3
2015	201	18.0	11.1	67.2
2016	223	18.0	12.3	94.2
2017	244	18.0	13.5	63.5
2018	251	17.6	14.2	69.7
2019	211	13.0	16.2	71.6
2020	186	17.8	10.4	73.7
2021	199	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	200	16.0	12.4	69.5
2023	195	16.5	11.8	79

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Nathan Hale Intermediate

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	478	28.0	17.0	n/a
1989	522	26.4	19.7	n/a
1990	523	29.0	18.0	n/a
1991	496	30.0	16.5	n/a
1992	460	27.9	16.4	n/a
1993	405	23.0	17.6	n/a
1994	421	23.0	18.3	n/a
1995	436	23.0	19.0	n/a
1996	436	23.0	19.0	n/a
1997	450	22.0	20.5	n/a
1998	447	23.0	19.4	n/a
1999	441	25.0	17.6	n/a
2000	431	28.0	15.4	n/a
2001	448	30.0	14.9	n/a
2002	279	20.0	14.0	57.3
2003	279	20.0	14.0	57.3
2004	262	18.0	14.6	62.2
2005	264	17.0	15.5	61.7
2006	162	16.0	10.1	52.5
2007	150	12.0	12.5	59.3
2008	146	8.0	18.3	66.7
2009	150	11.0	13.6	72.7
2010	170	13.0	13.0	60.5
2011	167	10.0	16.7	70.7
2012	199	13.4	14.8	77.9
2013	232	21.9	10.5	69
2014	232	7.7	29.9	76.3
2015	201	18.0	11.1	67.2
2016	223	18.0	12.3	94.2
2017	244	18.0	13.5	63.5
2018	251	17.6	14.2	69.7
2019	211	13.0	16.2	71.6
2020	186	17.8	10.4	73.7
2021	199	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	200	16.0	12.4	69.5
2023	195	16.5	11.8	79

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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