Is Serena Hills Elementary School a good school?

Serena Hills Elementary School ranks 951 st of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Serena Hills Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 319 students attended Serena Hills Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Serena Hills Elementary School?

Students at Serena Hills Elementary School are 50% African American, 32% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 6% White.

What schools do graduates of Serena Hills Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Serena Hills Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Parker Junior High School High : Homewood-Flossmoor High School

Serena Hills Elementary School

Summary:

Serena Hills Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 326 students in grades K-5 in the Flossmoor School District 161 in Chicago Heights, Illinois. While the school has some bright spots, it faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to its district and state peers, high chronic absenteeism, and a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

Serena Hills Elementary School has consistently performed below the Flossmoor School District 161 average and the Illinois state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 42.4% of Serena Hills students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 46.3% in the district and 41.2% statewide. In Mathematics, only 18.6% of Serena Hills students were proficient or better, compared to 23.7% in the district and 28.4% statewide. However, the school's performance in Science is stronger, with 51.5% of students proficient or better, compared to 47.4% in the district and 53.2% statewide. Serena Hills has shown strong performance among its African American and Hispanic student subgroups, ranking in the top 100 and top 167 Illinois elementary schools, respectively, in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's English Language Learner (ELL) students have also performed well, ranking in the top 50 and top 85 Illinois elementary schools in the 2018-2019 and 2017-2018 school years, respectively.

Serena Hills Elementary School's performance is generally lower than the other Flossmoor School District 161 schools, Heather Hill Elementary and Western Avenue Elementary, which have higher proficiency rates in both ELA and Mathematics. Compared to the nearby Chicago Heights School District 170 schools, Serena Hills Elementary School outperforms most of them, with the exception of Greenbriar Elementary, which has similar or slightly higher proficiency rates. The Chicago Heights School District 170 schools, in general, have significantly lower proficiency rates and higher chronic absenteeism compared to Serena Hills Elementary School.

Detail:

Public K-5

255 Pleasant Dr
Chicago Heights, IL 60411-1035

(708) 647-7300

District: Flossmoor School District 161

SchoolDigger Rank:
951^st of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,581

Students who attend Serena Hills Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Parker Junior High School
High:	Homewood-Flossmoor High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.6

Number of students: 319

Racial breakdown:

African American:

49.8%

Hispanic:

32.0%

Two or more races:

11.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 68.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Serena Hills Elementary School ranks better than 54% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Flossmoor School District 161. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.39. (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

Compare Details Serena Hills Elementary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Flossmoor School District 161. Racial makeup is: African American (49.8%), Hispanic (32%), two or more races (11%). (See more...)

Compare Details 68.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Flossmoor School District 161. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Serena Hills Elementary School is 12.6, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Flossmoor School District 161! (See more...)

Compare Serena Hills Elementary School employs 25.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Serena Hills Elementary School is $18,581. 2 elementary schools in the Flossmoor School District 161 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Serena Hills Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Serena Hills Elementary School 951^st of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Serena Hills Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Flossmoor School District 161:

SchoolDigger ranks Flossmoor School District 161 347^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Serena Hills Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	53.38	1149^th	2020	43.1%
2004	40.20	1405^th	2030	30.8%
2005	44.92	1332^nd	2022	34.1%
2006	47.24	1353^rd	2086	35.1%
2007	44.68	1413^th	2095	32.6%
2008	47.23	1319^th	2092	37.0%
2009	64.56	917^th	2120	56.7%
2010	59.14	1075^th	2139	49.7%
2011	72.17	645^th	2147	70.0%
2012	58.33	1079^th	2166	50.2%
2013	40.36	1393^rd	2167	35.7%
2014	40.56	1306^th	2093	37.6%
2015	44.94	1012^th	2052	50.7%
2016	57.85	789^th	2046	61.4%
2017	61.56	712^th	2044	65.2%
2018	58.77	789^th	2037	61.3%
2019	58.14	822^nd	2086	60.6%
2021	53.92	777^th	1948	60.1%
2022	44.92	1067^th	2082	48.8%
2023	54.84	847^th	2077	59.2%
2024	49.39	951^st	2067	54.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	44.23	44^th	93	52.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	75.74	85^th	718	88.2%
2019	80.51	50^th	743	93.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.78	222^nd	1765	87.4%
2019	79.95	175^th	1816	90.4%
2021	71.61	236^th	1514	84.4%
2022	69.36	343^rd	1763	80.5%
2023	78.51	204^th	1808	88.7%
2024	69.56	361^st	1793	79.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	61.25	696^th	1964	64.6%
2019	59.84	745^th	2019	63.1%
2021	50.22	751^st	1680	55.3%
2022	46.48	933^rd	1970	52.6%
2023	59.97	689^th	1957	64.8%
2024	56.32	743^rd	1942	61.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.31	812^th	1972	58.8%
2019	55.46	812^th	2019	59.8%
2021	30.46	1132^nd	1707	33.7%
2022	42.19	1047^th	1977	47.0%
2023	46.92	951^st	1984	52.1%
2024	42.43	1032^nd	1959	47.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.72	75^th	698	89.3%
2019	78.84	68^th	711	90.4%
2022	79.40	57^th	684	91.7%
2023	82.91	54^th	692	92.2%
2024	71.63	100^th	655	84.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Serena Hills Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.88	50^th	938	94.7%
2019	88.58	34^th	955	96.4%
2022	63.03	241^st	954	74.7%
2023	73.76	148^th	970	84.7%
2024	71.48	167^th	959	82.6%

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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 Serena Hills Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	235	106	3	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	358
1989	235	112	2	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	369
1990	243	110	1	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	374
1991	251	109	3	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	380
1992	227	112	5	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	357
1993	213	98	3	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	332
1994	213	104	2	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	343
1995	223	106	2	27	7	n/a	n/a	0	365
1996	223	106	2	27	7	n/a	n/a	0	365
1997	202	131	5	32	1	n/a	n/a	0	371
1998	212	116	1	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	371
1999	223	134	3	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	399
2000	213	139	6	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	407
2001	207	166	4	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	422
2002	160	182	2	54	0	n/a	n/a	0	398
2003	160	182	2	54	0	n/a	n/a	0	398
2004	138	181	4	66	0	n/a	n/a	0	389
2005	105	183	6	76	1	n/a	n/a	1	372
2006	82	185	3	91	1	n/a	n/a	5	367
2007	52	199	2	90	0	n/a	n/a	7	350
2008	59	217	2	107	0	n/a	n/a	5	390
2009	48	210	3	113	1	n/a	n/a	19	394
2010	52	165	2	39	1	n/a	n/a	16	275
2011	56	190	1	113	1	0	8	0	369
2012	64	189	3	106	1	1	12	0	376
2013	79	168	2	94	1	0	14	0	358
2014	59	185	4	115	0	0	15	0	378
2015	53	175	2	126	0	0	14	0	370
2016	42	172	3	127	0	0	15	0	359
2017	41	155	3	121	0	0	16	0	336
2018	39	166	1	126	0	1	19	0	352
2019	30	152	1	122	1	0	21	0	327
2020	31	148	0	133	1	1	23	0	337
2021	29	153	0	123	1	1	27	0	334
2022	16	169	1	109	1	1	31	0	328
2023	20	166	0	106	4	1	29	0	326
2024	20	159	0	102	2	1	35	0	319

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 Serena Hills Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	358	23.2	15.4	n/a
1989	369	24.0	15.3	n/a
1990	374	21.0	17.8	n/a
1991	380	21.0	18.0	n/a
1992	357	20.0	17.8	n/a
1993	332	21.0	15.8	n/a
1994	343	22.0	15.6	n/a
1995	365	18.8	19.4	n/a
1996	365	18.8	19.4	n/a
1997	371	23.0	16.1	n/a
1998	371	26.1	14.2	n/a
1999	399	27.0	14.8	n/a
2000	407	26.3	15.5	n/a
2001	422	26.7	15.8	n/a
2002	398	27.6	14.4	0
2003	398	27.6	14.4	0
2004	389	24.5	15.9	0
2005	372	24.5	15.2	0
2006	367	24.1	15.2	0
2007	350	26.0	13.5	0
2008	390	25.0	15.6	0
2009	394	28.9	13.6	0
2010	275	28.3	9.7	81.1
2011	369	26.5	13.9	43.9
2012	376	27.6	13.6	60.9
2013	358	36.3	9.8	62.3
2014	378	29.5	12.8	71.7
2015	370	28.0	13.2	77.3
2016	359	28.0	12.8	68.8
2017	336	30.3	11.0	73.8
2018	352	27.0	13.0	68.2
2019	327	26.7	12.2	68.8
2020	337	24.9	13.5	64.1
2021	334	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	328	25.6	12.7	50
2023	326	27.2	11.9	70.9
2024	319	25.2	12.6	68.3

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 Serena Hills Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	358	23.2	15.4	n/a
1989	369	24.0	15.3	n/a
1990	374	21.0	17.8	n/a
1991	380	21.0	18.0	n/a
1992	357	20.0	17.8	n/a
1993	332	21.0	15.8	n/a
1994	343	22.0	15.6	n/a
1995	365	18.8	19.4	n/a
1996	365	18.8	19.4	n/a
1997	371	23.0	16.1	n/a
1998	371	26.1	14.2	n/a
1999	399	27.0	14.8	n/a
2000	407	26.3	15.5	n/a
2001	422	26.7	15.8	n/a
2002	398	27.6	14.4	0
2003	398	27.6	14.4	0
2004	389	24.5	15.9	0
2005	372	24.5	15.2	0
2006	367	24.1	15.2	0
2007	350	26.0	13.5	0
2008	390	25.0	15.6	0
2009	394	28.9	13.6	0
2010	275	28.3	9.7	81.1
2011	369	26.5	13.9	43.9
2012	376	27.6	13.6	60.9
2013	358	36.3	9.8	62.3
2014	378	29.5	12.8	71.7
2015	370	28.0	13.2	77.3
2016	359	28.0	12.8	68.8
2017	336	30.3	11.0	73.8
2018	352	27.0	13.0	68.2
2019	327	26.7	12.2	68.8
2020	337	24.9	13.5	64.1
2021	334	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	328	25.6	12.7	50
2023	326	27.2	11.9	70.9
2024	319	25.2	12.6	68.3

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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