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Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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Washington-McKinley Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 274 students in grades K-5 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, which is part of the Chicago Heights School District 170. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools and struggles with low academic performance, high poverty rates, and chronic absenteeism.

Washington-McKinley's academic performance is significantly below state and district averages, with only 26.6% of students proficient or better in ELA and 21.9% in Math, compared to 41.2% and 28.4% statewide, respectively. The school's performance has been declining in recent years. While the school's African American and Hispanic students perform better than the overall student population, students with disabilities and special education students perform significantly worse, ranking in the bottom quarter of Illinois schools.

Interestingly, the nearby schools within the Chicago Heights School District 170 generally perform better than Washington-McKinley, but they also serve high-poverty student populations. The only school outside the district, Steger Primary Center, has a lower percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch and slightly better academic performance than Washington-McKinley. These findings suggest a need for district-wide interventions and support to improve educational outcomes for students in the Chicago Heights area.


Detail:

Public K-5

 25 W 16th Pl
       Chicago Heights, IL  60411-3475

(708) 756-4843

District: Chicago Heights School District 170

SchoolDigger Rank:
1182nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,056 Help


Students who attend Washington-McKinley Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Bloom High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.4 Help
Number of students:  274

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
68.6%
African American:
27.7%
White:
3.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  98.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Washington-McKinley Elementary School ranks worse than 57.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 6th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Heights School District 170. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 38.71. (See more...)
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Compare Details Washington-McKinley Elementary School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2015 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.88. (See more...)
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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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Compare Details Washington-McKinley Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Chicago Heights School District 170.  (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington-McKinley Elementary School is $21,056. 5 elementary schools in the Chicago Heights School District 170 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washington-McKinley Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington-McKinley Elementary School 1182nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Washington-McKinley Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


English Language Learner students:
Low Socio Economic Status students:
Female students:
Male students:
African American students:
Hispanic students:


Chicago Heights School District 170:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Heights School District 170 602nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 17.49 1817th 2086 12.9%
2007 11.21 1905th 2095 9.1%
2008 14.48 1857th 2092 11.2%
2009 10.09 1946th 2120 8.2%
2010 7.15 2020th 2139 5.6%
2011 15.03 1908th 2147 11.1%
2012 21.16 1832nd 2166 15.4%
2013 17.74 1860th 2167 14.2%
2014 8.12 2002nd 2093 4.3%
2015 18.17 1756th 2052 14.4%
2016 19.56 1708th 2046 16.5%
2017 18.53 1732nd 2044 15.3%
2018 19.72 1659th 2037 18.6%
2019 21.64 1675th 2086 19.7%
2021 27.44 1343rd 1948 31.1%
2022 36.85 1239th 2082 40.5%
2023 26.64 1482nd 2077 28.6%
2024 38.71 1182nd 2067 42.8%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.77 384th 718 46.5%
2019 43.09 406th 743 45.4%
2021 68.91 63rd 537 88.3%
2022 70.02 101st 768 86.8%
2023 47.25 328th 788 58.4%
2024 52.96 267th 826 67.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.67 421st 763 44.8%
2019 37.13 687th 1194 42.5%
2023 23.91 942nd 1156 18.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.30 1256th 1765 28.8%
2019 35.33 1233rd 1816 32.1%
2021 49.95 632nd 1514 58.3%
2022 60.01 554th 1763 68.6%
2023 45.54 918th 1808 49.2%
2024 61.45 516th 1793 71.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.80 1497th 1964 23.8%
2019 21.74 1645th 2019 18.5%
2021 22.59 1311th 1680 22.0%
2022 36.09 1177th 1970 40.3%
2023 24.99 1446th 1957 26.1%
2024 41.25 1055th 1942 45.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 28.72 670th 907 26.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.49 1622nd 1972 17.7%
2019 24.93 1532nd 2019 24.1%
2021 29.62 1150th 1707 32.6%
2022 36.91 1160th 1977 41.3%
2023 27.90 1381st 1984 30.4%
2024 36.29 1161st 1959 40.7%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.68 381st 698 45.4%
2019 37.58 429th 711 39.7%
2023 61.22 168th 692 75.7%
2024 66.41 133rd 655 79.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.53 678th 938 27.7%
2019 31.88 685th 955 28.3%
2021 54.93 235th 742 68.3%
2022 59.49 275th 954 71.2%
2023 45.76 476th 970 50.9%
2024 55.53 325th 959 66.1%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

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

Rank History for Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2011 25.32 1101st 1344 18.1%
2012 32.59 1021st 1365 25.2%
2013 25.43 1078th 1367 21.1%
2014 8.23 1255th 1322 5.1%
2015 13.88 1186th 1302 8.9%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 221 435 3 379 n/a n/a n/a 0 1038
1989 190 464 3 362 n/a n/a n/a 0 1019
1990 160 448 2 373 6 n/a n/a 0 989
1991 175 522 2 389 1 n/a n/a 0 1089
1992 189 527 1 407 0 n/a n/a 0 1124
1993 151 547 1 471 0 n/a n/a 0 1170
1994 19 120 1 197 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1995 14 143 3 211 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1996 14 143 3 211 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1997 13 136 5 211 0 n/a n/a 0 365
1998 18 174 4 184 0 n/a n/a 0 380
1999 35 175 0 189 0 n/a n/a 0 399
2000 29 152 0 195 0 n/a n/a 0 376
2001 16 156 2 166 0 n/a n/a 0 340
2002 9 125 0 108 0 n/a n/a 0 242
2003 9 125 0 108 0 n/a n/a 0 242
2004 13 127 0 103 0 n/a n/a 0 243
2005 12 93 0 117 0 n/a n/a 1 223
2006 12 122 0 159 0 n/a n/a 6 299
2007 9 114 0 139 0 n/a n/a 6 268
2008 9 115 0 142 0 n/a n/a 6 272
2009 7 114 3 148 0 n/a n/a 13 285
2010 8 131 2 143 0 n/a n/a 11 295
2011 7 239 0 269 0 0 22 0 537
2012 13 235 0 255 0 0 9 0 512
2013 13 242 0 304 2 0 4 0 565
2014 14 221 0 354 1 0 7 0 597
2015 16 195 1 376 0 0 11 0 599
2016 18 198 2 390 0 0 8 0 616
2017 13 199 1 409 0 0 4 0 626
2018 12 188 0 413 0 0 2 0 615
2019 10 154 0 420 0 0 5 0 589
2020 14 129 0 375 0 0 2 0 520
2021 2 65 0 216 0 0 2 0 285
2022 7 63 0 194 0 0 1 0 265
2023 9 76 0 188 0 0 1 0 274

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 Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1038 73.6 14.1 n/a
1989 1019 72.6 14.0 n/a
1990 989 66.6 14.8 n/a
1991 1089 65.6 16.6 n/a
1992 1124 63.6 17.6 n/a
1993 1170 65.0 18.0 n/a
1994 337 25.0 13.5 n/a
1995 371 21.0 17.7 n/a
1996 371 21.0 17.7 n/a
1997 365 22.0 16.6 n/a
1998 380 20.0 19.0 n/a
1999 399 22.0 18.1 n/a
2000 376 21.0 17.9 n/a
2001 340 21.0 16.2 n/a
2002 242 15.0 16.1 83.9
2003 242 15.0 16.1 83.9
2004 243 16.0 15.2 86.8
2005 223 19.0 11.7 83.8
2006 299 19.0 15.7 95.6
2007 268 18.0 14.9 101.1
2008 272 17.0 16.0 88.7
2009 285 19.0 15.0 98.9
2010 295 21.0 14.0 97.2
2011 537 44.0 12.2 99.4
2012 512 46.0 11.1 98
2013 565 48.7 11.6 98.2
2014 597 46.0 12.9 97.3
2015 599 57.0 10.5 96.5
2016 616 60.0 10.2 97.4
2017 626 67.0 9.3 95.4
2018 615 65.0 9.4 99.7
2019 589 60.0 9.8 98.8
2020 520 54.0 9.6 99.8
2021 285 n/a n/a n/a
2022 265 26.0 10.1 99.2
2023 274 24.0 11.4 98.9

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 Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1038 73.6 14.1 n/a
1989 1019 72.6 14.0 n/a
1990 989 66.6 14.8 n/a
1991 1089 65.6 16.6 n/a
1992 1124 63.6 17.6 n/a
1993 1170 65.0 18.0 n/a
1994 337 25.0 13.5 n/a
1995 371 21.0 17.7 n/a
1996 371 21.0 17.7 n/a
1997 365 22.0 16.6 n/a
1998 380 20.0 19.0 n/a
1999 399 22.0 18.1 n/a
2000 376 21.0 17.9 n/a
2001 340 21.0 16.2 n/a
2002 242 15.0 16.1 83.9
2003 242 15.0 16.1 83.9
2004 243 16.0 15.2 86.8
2005 223 19.0 11.7 83.8
2006 299 19.0 15.7 95.6
2007 268 18.0 14.9 101.1
2008 272 17.0 16.0 88.7
2009 285 19.0 15.0 98.9
2010 295 21.0 14.0 97.2
2011 537 44.0 12.2 99.4
2012 512 46.0 11.1 98
2013 565 48.7 11.6 98.2
2014 597 46.0 12.9 97.3
2015 599 57.0 10.5 96.5
2016 616 60.0 10.2 97.4
2017 626 67.0 9.3 95.4
2018 615 65.0 9.4 99.7
2019 589 60.0 9.8 98.8
2020 520 54.0 9.6 99.8
2021 285 n/a n/a n/a
2022 265 26.0 10.1 99.2
2023 274 24.0 11.4 98.9

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.

Immunization Rates

Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201597.1%96.9%97.2%97.2%38.4%96.9%97.1%
201697.5%98.7%98.7%98.7%40.7%98.9%57.3%11.3%
201798.9%99.2%99.2%99.2%41.6%99.2%99.2%27.2%
201899.4%98.7%98.7%98.7%40.5%98.7%99.0%38.7%
201998.5%98.6%98.6%98.6%42.5%98.5%98.5%39.9%
202197.0%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.5%97.3%96.6%
202297.8%98.2%98.2%98.2%99.6%98.2%97.8%
202398.5%98.2%98.2%98.2%98.2%98.2%98.5%
202492.2%93.6%93.6%93.6%92.5%93.2%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,187 (7.8%) $14,112 (92.2%) $15,300
2020 $2,072 (14.0%) $12,752 (86.0%) $14,824
2021 $2,781 (16.6%) $13,942 (83.4%) $16,723
2022 $2,781 (16.6%) $13,942 (83.4%) $16,723
2023 $2,666 (12.0%) $19,473 (88.0%) $22,139
2024 $4,302 (20.4%) $16,754 (79.6%) $21,056

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Washington-McKinley Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 1675th of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1482nd of 2077 Elementary schools
 8.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Washington-McKinley Elementary School)5.98.2
 2.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Heights School District 170)19.521.5
 2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Washington-McKinley Elementary School)13.716.3
 2.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Chicago Heights School District 170)16.721.6
 4.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Washington-McKinley Elementary School)28.821.6
 7.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Heights School District 170)23.828.6
 4.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Washington-McKinley Elementary School)1.719.6
 17.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Heights School District 170)10.514.8
 4.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Washington-McKinley Elementary School)22.820
 2.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Chicago Heights School District 170)19.729.2
 9.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Washington-McKinley Elementary School)10.517.1
 6.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Chicago Heights School District 170)12.116.4
 4.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Washington-McKinley Elementary School)33.322.9
 10.4%
   5th Grade Science (Chicago Heights School District 170)26.835.8
 9%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students589274
 53.5%
African American15476
 50.6%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic420188
 55.2%
Pacific Islander00
White109
 10%
Two or More Races51
 80%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients98.8%98.9%
 0.1%

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Students at Washington-McKinley Elementary School are 69% Hispanic, 28% African American, 3% White.

Washington-McKinley Elementary School ranks 1182nd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 274 students attended Washington-McKinley Elementary School.

Students who attend Washington-McKinley Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Bloom High School


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