Is Barack H Obama Learning Academy a good school?

Barack H Obama Learning Academy ranks in the bottom 6.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Barack H Obama Learning Academy?

In the 2022-23 school year, 468 students attended Barack H Obama Learning Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Barack H Obama Learning Academy?

Students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy are 82% African American, 16% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Barack H Obama Learning Academy attend?

Students who attend Barack H Obama Learning Academy usually go on to attend: High : Thornwood High School

Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Summary:

Barack H Obama Learning Academy is an elementary school located in Markham, Illinois, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 468 students. The school is part of the Hazel Crest School District 152-5, and it has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school's academic performance is a significant concern, with only 11.5% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) and a mere 2-4% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 25-30%, respectively. The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is also below the state average, with only 18.1% of students proficient or better. Additionally, Barack H Obama Learning Academy has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching as high as 49.8% in the 2021-2022 school year, significantly above the state average.

While the school's per-student spending is relatively high at $20,389 in the 2022-2023 school year, this has not translated into improved student outcomes. The nearby schools, such as Whittier Elementary School and Bryant Elementary School, also struggle with low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates, similar to Barack H Obama Learning Academy. However, some schools in the area, like Wolcott School and Highlands Elementary School, perform significantly better, suggesting that factors beyond just funding, such as effective resource allocation and instructional practices, may play a significant role in student achievement.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

16448 S Park Ave
Markham, IL 60428

(708) 825-2400

District: Hazel Crest School District 152-5

SchoolDigger Rank:
1932^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,042

Students who attend Barack H Obama Learning Academy usually attend:

High:

Thornwood High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.6

Number of students: 468

Racial breakdown:

African American:

82.1%

Hispanic:

16.0%

Two or more races:

1.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Barack H Obama Learning Academy ranks worse than 93.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.31. (See more...)

Compare Details Barack H Obama Learning Academy ranks worse than 92.6% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.16. (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.

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Barack H Obama Learning Academy is $26,042.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

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SchoolDigger ranks Barack H Obama Learning Academy 1932^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Barack H Obama Learning Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Barack H Obama Learning Academy 1262^nd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Barack H Obama Learning Academy in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	7.01	1839^th	2020	9.0%
2004	2.57	1960^th	2030	3.4%
2005	17.54	1759^th	2022	13.0%
2006	33.25	1621^st	2086	22.3%
2007	15.31	1863^rd	2095	11.1%
2008	29.96	1615^th	2092	22.8%
2009	61.42	1003^rd	2120	52.7%
2010	51.05	1266^th	2139	40.8%
2011	64.71	907^th	2147	57.8%
2012	14.13	1956^th	2166	9.7%
2013	32.71	1538^th	2167	29.0%
2014	31.78	1497^th	2093	28.5%
2015	24.51	1577^th	2052	23.1%
2016	12.42	1906^th	2046	6.8%
2017	11.47	1918^th	2044	6.2%
2018	13.61	1863^rd	2037	8.5%
2019	11.47	1977^th	2086	5.2%
2022	13.19	1945^th	2082	6.6%
2023	13.08	1937^th	2077	6.7%
2024	13.31	1932^nd	2067	6.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.21	1550^th	1765	12.2%
2019	18.27	1677^th	1816	7.7%
2022	19.42	1598^th	1763	9.4%
2023	19.56	1641^st	1808	9.2%
2024	19.51	1610^th	1793	10.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.00	1701^st	1964	13.4%
2019	11.83	1900^th	2019	5.9%
2022	15.79	1743^rd	1970	11.5%
2023	13.65	1819^th	1957	7.1%
2024	11.59	1875^th	1942	3.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.47	1834^th	1972	7.0%
2019	12.81	1891^st	2019	6.3%
2022	12.05	1920^th	1977	2.9%
2023	13.59	1848^th	1984	6.9%
2024	15.90	1730^th	1959	11.7%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.34	449^th	698	35.7%
2019	30.59	523^rd	711	26.4%
2022	30.83	496^th	684	27.5%
2023	30.02	523^rd	692	24.4%
2024	28.24	515^th	655	21.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	30.04	684^th	938	27.1%
2023	47.97	443^rd	970	54.3%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2016	15.68	1170^th	1294	9.6%
2017	13.51	1186^th	1293	8.3%
2018	14.66	1154^th	1293	10.8%
2019	11.72	1275^th	1356	6.0%
2022	15.50	1229^th	1369	10.2%
2023	13.11	1282^nd	1367	6.2%
2024	13.16	1262^nd	1363	7.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.19	992^nd	1161	14.6%
2019	16.10	1129^th	1217	7.2%
2022	21.83	1062^nd	1221	13.0%
2023	18.06	1131^st	1234	8.3%
2024	18.17	1091^st	1219	10.5%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.72	1115^th	1226	9.1%
2019	11.99	1188^th	1276	6.9%
2022	14.04	1183^rd	1286	8.0%
2023	12.28	1204^th	1275	5.6%
2024	14.31	1141^st	1251	8.8%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.37	1072^nd	1223	12.3%
2019	12.31	1222^nd	1296	5.7%
2022	18.18	1101^st	1286	14.4%
2023	15.41	1165^th	1292	9.8%
2024	13.65	1184^th	1264	6.3%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Barack H Obama Learning Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.37	353^rd	511	30.9%
2019	30.30	426^th	565	24.6%
2022	32.81	388^th	573	32.3%
2023	27.49	453^rd	569	20.4%
2024	25.11	447^th	548	18.4%

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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 Barack H Obama Learning Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	89	243	1	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	339
1989	71	225	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	296
1990	56	226	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	287
1991	62	245	2	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	317
1992	70	246	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	325
1993	71	248	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	324
1994	68	259	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	334
1995	33	287	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	328
1996	33	287	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	328
1997	34	321	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	363
1998	0	361	0	0	2	n/a	n/a	0	363
1999	0	324	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
2000	0	339	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	341
2001	0	311	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	312
2002	0	221	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	222
2003	0	221	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	222
2004	6	335	0	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	361
2005	7	328	0	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	362
2006	3	319	0	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	340
2007	0	273	0	18	0	n/a	n/a	5	296
2008	0	199	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	210
2009	1	184	1	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	196
2010	2	187	0	13	3	n/a	n/a	0	205
2011	2	168	0	8	2	0	0	0	180
2012	2	157	0	10	0	0	0	0	169
2013	5	142	0	15	0	0	0	0	162
2014	4	119	0	21	0	0	0	0	144
2015	4	125	0	19	0	0	0	0	148
2016	7	418	0	76	1	2	0	0	504
2017	5	397	0	74	0	1	0	0	477
2018	2	405	0	69	0	0	0	0	476
2019	1	396	0	78	0	0	0	0	475
2020	2	375	0	74	0	0	0	0	451
2021	33	390	0	29	13	0	0	0	465
2022	1	391	0	62	3	1	1	0	459
2023	2	384	0	75	2	0	5	0	468

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 Barack H Obama Learning Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	339	15.0	22.6	n/a
1989	296	18.0	16.4	n/a
1990	287	17.0	16.8	n/a
1991	317	18.0	17.6	n/a
1992	325	19.0	17.1	n/a
1993	324	18.0	18.0	n/a
1994	334	15.0	22.3	n/a
1995	328	14.0	23.4	n/a
1996	328	14.0	23.4	n/a
1997	363	16.0	22.7	n/a
1998	363	14.0	25.9	n/a
1999	327	15.0	21.8	n/a
2000	341	14.0	24.4	n/a
2001	312	15.0	20.8	n/a
2002	222	17.0	13.1	87.4
2003	222	17.0	13.1	87.4
2004	361	17.0	21.2	85.6
2005	362	17.0	21.3	83.1
2006	340	17.0	20.0	72.6
2007	296	19.0	15.6	88.3
2008	210	17.0	12.4	69.5
2009	196	18.0	10.9	79.6
2010	205	19.0	10.7	98
2011	180	15.0	12.0	91.7
2012	169	13.0	13.0	98.2
2013	162	15.3	10.5	98.1
2014	144	12.0	12.0	97.9
2015	148	10.0	14.8	98
2016	504	30.0	16.8	99
2017	477	33.0	14.4	91.4
2018	476	31.5	15.0	92.2
2019	475	31.5	15.0	99.2
2020	451	29.1	15.4	100
2021	465	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	459	36.0	12.7	93.9
2023	468	30.0	15.6	99.6

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 Barack H Obama Learning Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	339	15.0	22.6	n/a
1989	296	18.0	16.4	n/a
1990	287	17.0	16.8	n/a
1991	317	18.0	17.6	n/a
1992	325	19.0	17.1	n/a
1993	324	18.0	18.0	n/a
1994	334	15.0	22.3	n/a
1995	328	14.0	23.4	n/a
1996	328	14.0	23.4	n/a
1997	363	16.0	22.7	n/a
1998	363	14.0	25.9	n/a
1999	327	15.0	21.8	n/a
2000	341	14.0	24.4	n/a
2001	312	15.0	20.8	n/a
2002	222	17.0	13.1	87.4
2003	222	17.0	13.1	87.4
2004	361	17.0	21.2	85.6
2005	362	17.0	21.3	83.1
2006	340	17.0	20.0	72.6
2007	296	19.0	15.6	88.3
2008	210	17.0	12.4	69.5
2009	196	18.0	10.9	79.6
2010	205	19.0	10.7	98
2011	180	15.0	12.0	91.7
2012	169	13.0	13.0	98.2
2013	162	15.3	10.5	98.1
2014	144	12.0	12.0	97.9
2015	148	10.0	14.8	98
2016	504	30.0	16.8	99
2017	477	33.0	14.4	91.4
2018	476	31.5	15.0	92.2
2019	475	31.5	15.0	99.2
2020	451	29.1	15.4	100
2021	465	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	459	36.0	12.7	93.9
2023	468	30.0	15.6	99.6

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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