Is Christa McAuliffe School a good school?

Christa McAuliffe School ranks 603 rd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Christa McAuliffe School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 546 students attended Christa McAuliffe School.

What is the racial makeup of Christa McAuliffe School?

Students at Christa McAuliffe School are 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Christa McAuliffe School attend?

Students who attend Christa McAuliffe School usually go on to attend: Middle : Prairie View Middle School High : Victor J Andrew High School

Christa McAuliffe School

Summary:

Christa McAuliffe School is an elementary school located in Tinley Park, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 583 students. It is part of the Kirby School District 140, which is ranked 226 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Christa McAuliffe School consistently performs well, ranking in the top 30-35% of Illinois elementary schools over the past 10 years. The school's test scores are generally above the state average, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA) and Science. Notably, the school's Hispanic and English Language Learner (ELL) students rank in the top 10-15% of Illinois elementary schools in their respective categories. However, the school's performance for White students and female students is relatively lower, ranking in the 50-70% range. While the school has seen a decrease in chronic absenteeism over the past few years, it is still slightly higher than the district average, which could be an area for improvement.

When compared to other schools in the Kirby School District 140, Christa McAuliffe School generally performs better than Helen Keller Elementary School but slightly lower than John A. Bannes Elementary School and Millennium Elementary School in terms of test scores and overall school rankings. Christa McAuliffe School's higher spending per student compared to the district and state averages may be contributing to its relatively strong academic performance, particularly in areas like Science.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

8944 174th St
Tinley Park, IL 60487-7307

(708) 429-4565

District: Kirby School District 140

SchoolDigger Rank:
603^rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,437

Students who attend Christa McAuliffe School usually attend:

Middle:	Prairie View Middle School
High:	Victor J Andrew High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.9

Number of students: 546

Racial breakdown:

White:

77.3%

Hispanic:

10.6%

African American:

6.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 14.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Christa McAuliffe School ranks better than 70.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^th among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Kirby School District 140. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 67.17. (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 Christa McAuliffe School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Kirby School District 140. Racial makeup is: White (77.3%), Hispanic (10.6%), African American (6%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Christa McAuliffe School is 14.9, which is the highest among 5 elementary schools in the Kirby School District 140! (See more...)

Compare Christa McAuliffe School employs 36.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Christa McAuliffe School is $16,437, which is the lowest among 5 elementary schools in the Kirby School District 140!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Christa McAuliffe School:

SchoolDigger ranks Christa McAuliffe School 603^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Christa McAuliffe School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Kirby School District 140:

SchoolDigger ranks Kirby School District 140 226^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Christa McAuliffe School

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Rank History for all students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	79.60	352^nd	2020	82.6%
2004	79.50	354^th	2030	82.6%
2005	77.92	376^th	2022	81.4%
2006	77.88	386^th	2086	81.5%
2007	76.41	439^th	2095	79.0%
2008	71.04	683^rd	2092	67.4%
2009	66.24	866^th	2120	59.2%
2010	67.65	821^st	2139	61.6%
2011	71.01	696^th	2147	67.6%
2012	72.21	649^th	2166	70.0%
2013	73.65	560^th	2167	74.2%
2014	78.54	434^th	2093	79.3%
2015	54.70	803^rd	2052	60.9%
2016	61.30	710^th	2046	65.3%
2017	70.08	567^th	2044	72.3%
2018	80.95	335^th	2037	83.6%
2019	81.62	334^th	2086	84.0%
2021	75.24	417^th	1948	78.6%
2022	79.51	389^th	2082	81.3%
2023	66.47	617^th	2077	70.3%
2024	67.17	603^rd	2067	70.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	76.86	72^nd	788	90.9%
2024	51.63	288^th	826	65.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.45	261^st	763	65.8%
2019	63.17	296^th	1194	75.2%
2021	47.11	288^th	640	55.0%
2022	73.75	166^th	1113	85.1%
2023	69.67	243^rd	1156	79.0%
2024	72.44	218^th	1195	81.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.83	488^th	1765	72.4%
2019	69.95	359^th	1816	80.2%
2021	57.96	459^th	1514	69.7%
2023	61.93	519^th	1808	71.3%
2024	69.29	366^th	1793	79.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.61	358^th	1964	81.8%
2019	80.56	322^nd	2019	84.1%
2021	64.81	500^th	1680	70.2%
2022	71.50	492^nd	1970	75.0%
2023	57.82	727^th	1957	62.9%
2024	64.81	590^th	1942	69.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	70.83	163^rd	907	82.0%
2024	70.02	146^th	886	83.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.12	320^th	1972	83.8%
2019	81.03	305^th	2019	84.9%
2021	77.26	309^th	1707	81.9%
2022	82.88	283^rd	1977	85.7%
2023	72.34	474^th	1984	76.1%
2024	66.78	556^th	1959	71.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	87.10	63^rd	954	93.4%
2023	82.28	82^nd	970	91.5%

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Rank History for White students at Christa McAuliffe School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	68.42	409^th	1463	72.0%
2019	69.09	383^rd	1462	73.8%
2021	56.25	531^st	1308	59.4%
2022	61.25	504^th	1425	64.6%
2023	45.66	777^th	1419	45.2%
2024	49.69	696^th	1392	50.0%

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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 Christa McAuliffe School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	381	2	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	393
1989	570	2	7	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	584
1990	664	3	20	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	695
1991	748	3	19	12	2	n/a	n/a	0	784
1992	793	2	27	10	3	n/a	n/a	0	835
1993	861	0	34	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	905
1994	809	0	30	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	856
1995	836	2	22	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	878
1996	836	2	22	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	878
1997	839	3	17	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	877
1998	838	4	17	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	872
1999	797	4	18	16	3	n/a	n/a	0	838
2000	583	4	14	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	612
2001	507	3	13	9	3	n/a	n/a	0	535
2002	443	7	19	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	482
2003	443	7	19	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	482
2004	397	9	21	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	438
2005	372	6	21	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	414
2006	338	16	19	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	394
2007	486	4	23	33	0	n/a	n/a	2	548
2008	485	2	25	30	0	n/a	n/a	7	549
2009	478	3	20	23	0	n/a	n/a	9	533
2010	432	3	26	22	0	n/a	n/a	11	494
2011	428	3	14	22	0	0	13	0	480
2012	438	3	14	26	0	0	12	0	493
2013	437	3	15	25	0	0	17	0	497
2014	405	3	14	27	0	0	18	0	467
2015	414	11	13	37	0	1	23	0	499
2016	427	10	13	33	1	2	17	0	503
2017	435	12	16	37	1	1	17	0	519
2018	439	18	17	36	2	3	20	0	535
2019	455	19	10	37	2	3	19	0	545
2020	468	22	14	38	2	4	17	0	565
2021	447	28	16	55	1	2	8	0	557
2022	467	31	14	69	0	2	12	0	595
2023	456	30	12	68	0	1	16	0	583
2024	422	33	15	58	0	1	17	0	546

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 Christa McAuliffe School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	393	17.5	22.4	n/a
1989	584	22.2	26.3	n/a
1990	695	34.0	20.4	n/a
1991	784	40.4	19.4	n/a
1992	835	39.4	21.1	n/a
1993	905	40.5	22.3	n/a
1994	856	34.3	25.0	n/a
1995	878	34.1	25.7	n/a
1996	878	34.1	25.7	n/a
1997	877	32.2	27.2	n/a
1998	872	32.8	26.6	n/a
1999	838	39.0	21.5	n/a
2000	612	34.0	18.0	n/a
2001	535	31.2	17.1	n/a
2002	482	31.8	15.2	0
2003	482	31.8	15.2	0
2004	438	33.0	13.3	0
2005	414	30.8	13.4	0
2006	394	27.6	14.3	0
2007	548	30.0	18.3	0
2008	549	26.0	21.1	0
2009	533	32.6	16.3	0
2010	494	34.5	14.3	0
2011	480	32.0	15.0	0
2012	493	34.0	14.5	1
2013	497	33.1	14.9	1.6
2014	467	29.0	16.1	1.1
2015	499	32.0	15.5	15.2
2016	503	34.0	14.7	16.1
2017	519	36.7	14.1	15.8
2018	535	39.5	13.5	14
2019	545	38.0	14.3	13.9
2020	565	33.0	17.1	15.4
2021	557	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	595	38.5	15.4	14.6
2023	583	37.3	15.6	n/a
2024	546	36.5	14.9	n/a

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 Christa McAuliffe School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	393	17.5	22.4	n/a
1989	584	22.2	26.3	n/a
1990	695	34.0	20.4	n/a
1991	784	40.4	19.4	n/a
1992	835	39.4	21.1	n/a
1993	905	40.5	22.3	n/a
1994	856	34.3	25.0	n/a
1995	878	34.1	25.7	n/a
1996	878	34.1	25.7	n/a
1997	877	32.2	27.2	n/a
1998	872	32.8	26.6	n/a
1999	838	39.0	21.5	n/a
2000	612	34.0	18.0	n/a
2001	535	31.2	17.1	n/a
2002	482	31.8	15.2	0
2003	482	31.8	15.2	0
2004	438	33.0	13.3	0
2005	414	30.8	13.4	0
2006	394	27.6	14.3	0
2007	548	30.0	18.3	0
2008	549	26.0	21.1	0
2009	533	32.6	16.3	0
2010	494	34.5	14.3	0
2011	480	32.0	15.0	0
2012	493	34.0	14.5	1
2013	497	33.1	14.9	1.6
2014	467	29.0	16.1	1.1
2015	499	32.0	15.5	15.2
2016	503	34.0	14.7	16.1
2017	519	36.7	14.1	15.8
2018	535	39.5	13.5	14
2019	545	38.0	14.3	13.9
2020	565	33.0	17.1	15.4
2021	557	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	595	38.5	15.4	14.6
2023	583	37.3	15.6	n/a
2024	546	36.5	14.9	n/a

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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