Is Posen Elementary School a good school?

Posen Elementary School ranks 1244 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Posen Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 267 students attended Posen Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Posen Elementary School?

Students at Posen Elementary School are 60% Hispanic, 38% African American.

What schools do graduates of Posen Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Posen Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Kellar School

Posen Elementary School

Summary:

Posen Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades 4-5 in Posen, Illinois, with 267 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Posen Elementary faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges. The school consistently underperforms the state and district averages in standardized test scores, with only 33.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 12% proficient in math. Posen Elementary also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.4% to 19.3% over the past 5 years. While the school's Hispanic and English Language Learner students perform relatively well, it struggles with its African American, Special Education, and Disabled student populations. With 84.27% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Posen Elementary has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Posen Elementary is located in close proximity to several other underperforming schools, including Martin L. King Elementary and schools in the Cook County School District 130, suggesting broader systemic issues in the local education system. Despite the school's academic challenges, Posen Elementary spends a relatively high amount per student, at $19,630 per student in the 2022-2023 school year. Addressing the root causes of Posen Elementary's challenges will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to school improvement.

Detail:

Public 4-5

14545 S California Ave
Posen, IL 60469-1201

(708) 388-7204

District: Posen-Robbins Education Service District 143-5

SchoolDigger Rank:
1244^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,368

Students who attend Posen Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:

Kellar School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.2

Number of students: 267

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

59.9%

African American:

37.8%

White:

0.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Posen Elementary School ranks worse than 60.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.11. (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 Posen Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Posen-Robbins Education Service District 143-5. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Posen Elementary School is $23,368. 2 elementary schools in the Posen-Robbins Education Service District 143-5 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Posen Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Posen Elementary School 1244^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Posen Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Posen Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	21.09	1659^th	2020	17.9%
2004	15.26	1761^st	2030	13.3%
2005	35.72	1480^th	2022	26.8%
2006	13.07	1877^th	2086	10.0%
2007	10.55	1914^th	2095	8.6%
2008	10.74	1906^th	2092	8.9%
2009	17.54	1836^th	2120	13.4%
2010	19.87	1821^st	2139	14.9%
2011	20.78	1819^th	2147	15.3%
2012	20.78	1839^th	2166	15.1%
2013	13.65	1943^rd	2167	10.3%
2014	14.97	1855^th	2093	11.4%
2015	13.43	1889^th	2052	7.9%
2016	16.29	1804^th	2046	11.8%
2017	18.74	1725^th	2044	15.6%
2018	15.12	1818^th	2037	10.8%
2019	25.66	1565^th	2086	25.0%
2021	17.35	1669^th	1948	14.3%
2022	26.70	1474^th	2082	29.2%
2023	22.04	1606^th	2077	22.7%
2024	36.11	1244^th	2067	39.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.32	703^rd	718	2.1%
2019	38.54	473^rd	743	36.3%
2021	30.26	445^th	537	17.1%
2022	49.19	302^nd	768	60.7%
2023	42.25	405^th	788	48.6%
2024	59.25	207^th	826	74.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.43	691^st	763	9.4%
2019	19.39	1154^th	1194	3.4%
2022	22.15	1024^th	1113	8.0%
2023	19.43	1072^nd	1156	7.3%
2024	17.51	1132^nd	1195	5.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.15	1413^th	1765	19.9%
2019	44.20	980^th	1816	46.0%
2021	29.25	1130^th	1514	25.4%
2022	46.28	866^th	1763	50.9%
2023	40.20	1047^th	1808	42.1%
2024	57.56	612^th	1793	65.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.35	1688^th	1964	14.1%
2019	31.70	1358^th	2019	32.7%
2021	16.44	1472^nd	1680	12.4%
2022	25.81	1429^th	1970	27.5%
2023	16.94	1707^th	1957	12.8%
2024	37.23	1143^rd	1942	41.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	22.21	797^th	907	12.1%
2024	24.02	759^th	886	14.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.68	1827^th	1972	7.4%
2019	21.65	1631^st	2019	19.2%
2021	17.67	1470^th	1707	13.9%
2022	29.76	1311^th	1977	33.7%
2023	30.90	1302^nd	1984	34.4%
2024	35.51	1178^th	1959	39.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.76	504^th	698	27.8%
2019	48.21	300^th	711	57.8%
2021	38.57	232^nd	428	45.8%
2022	45.30	312^th	684	54.4%
2023	39.10	389^th	692	43.8%
2024	49.66	256^th	655	60.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Posen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.89	711^th	938	24.2%
2019	44.71	508^th	955	46.8%
2021	27.83	583^rd	742	21.4%
2022	43.36	498^th	954	47.8%
2023	38.36	580^th	970	40.2%
2024	60.02	282^nd	959	70.6%

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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 Posen Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	167	154	2	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	340
1989	205	175	2	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	406
1990	205	164	1	42	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	412
1991	178	170	0	60	0	n/a	n/a	0	408
1992	190	149	0	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	408
1993	173	128	0	67	0	n/a	n/a	0	368
1994	196	135	0	76	0	n/a	n/a	0	407
1995	105	79	0	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	225
1996	105	79	0	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	225
1997	47	181	0	43	0	n/a	n/a	0	271
1998	40	177	0	55	0	n/a	n/a	0	272
1999	55	183	0	59	0	n/a	n/a	0	297
2000	52	188	0	70	0	n/a	n/a	0	310
2001	52	184	0	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	305
2002	39	182	0	106	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
2003	39	182	0	106	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
2004	27	189	0	116	0	n/a	n/a	0	332
2005	25	173	0	147	0	n/a	n/a	0	345
2006	19	174	0	159	0	n/a	n/a	0	352
2007	14	152	0	169	0	n/a	n/a	3	338
2008	17	156	1	184	0	n/a	n/a	6	364
2009	18	164	1	176	0	n/a	n/a	8	367
2010	17	145	0	174	0	n/a	n/a	6	342
2011	23	144	0	205	1	0	2	0	375
2012	17	133	2	212	0	0	8	0	372
2013	12	145	1	218	0	0	7	0	383
2014	9	127	2	215	0	0	3	0	356
2015	4	134	3	219	0	0	3	0	363
2016	3	120	2	243	2	0	4	0	374
2017	7	122	1	221	1	0	6	0	358
2018	7	132	2	203	0	2	3	0	349
2019	9	104	6	189	0	3	5	0	316
2020	5	105	5	169	0	0	4	0	288
2021	6	100	5	153	0	0	3	0	267
2022	4	93	3	148	0	0	1	0	249
2023	2	101	2	160	0	0	2	0	267

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 Posen Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	340	20.0	17.0	n/a
1989	406	15.0	27.0	n/a
1990	412	18.0	22.8	n/a
1991	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1992	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1993	368	19.1	19.3	n/a
1994	407	21.0	19.4	n/a
1995	225	15.0	15.0	n/a
1996	225	15.0	15.0	n/a
1997	271	18.0	15.1	n/a
1998	272	19.0	14.3	n/a
1999	297	22.0	13.5	n/a
2000	310	22.0	14.1	n/a
2001	305	21.0	14.5	n/a
2002	327	19.0	17.2	83.2
2003	327	19.0	17.2	83.2
2004	332	18.1	18.3	87.7
2005	345	18.1	19.1	93.9
2006	352	17.2	20.5	93.8
2007	338	20.0	16.9	95.5
2008	364	15.0	24.3	96.9
2009	367	21.0	17.5	99.4
2010	342	24.0	14.2	87.8
2011	375	25.0	15.0	79.7
2012	372	26.0	14.3	93.5
2013	383	8.7	43.9	81.2
2014	356	21.5	16.5	78.1
2015	363	23.0	15.7	95.6
2016	374	24.0	15.5	93
2017	358	18.3	19.4	94.1
2018	349	22.0	15.8	92.3
2019	316	24.0	13.1	86.4
2020	288	24.0	12.0	76
2021	267	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	249	20.7	12.0	94.8
2023	267	18.7	14.2	84.3

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 Posen Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	340	20.0	17.0	n/a
1989	406	15.0	27.0	n/a
1990	412	18.0	22.8	n/a
1991	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1992	408	20.0	20.4	n/a
1993	368	19.1	19.3	n/a
1994	407	21.0	19.4	n/a
1995	225	15.0	15.0	n/a
1996	225	15.0	15.0	n/a
1997	271	18.0	15.1	n/a
1998	272	19.0	14.3	n/a
1999	297	22.0	13.5	n/a
2000	310	22.0	14.1	n/a
2001	305	21.0	14.5	n/a
2002	327	19.0	17.2	83.2
2003	327	19.0	17.2	83.2
2004	332	18.1	18.3	87.7
2005	345	18.1	19.1	93.9
2006	352	17.2	20.5	93.8
2007	338	20.0	16.9	95.5
2008	364	15.0	24.3	96.9
2009	367	21.0	17.5	99.4
2010	342	24.0	14.2	87.8
2011	375	25.0	15.0	79.7
2012	372	26.0	14.3	93.5
2013	383	8.7	43.9	81.2
2014	356	21.5	16.5	78.1
2015	363	23.0	15.7	95.6
2016	374	24.0	15.5	93
2017	358	18.3	19.4	94.1
2018	349	22.0	15.8	92.3
2019	316	24.0	13.1	86.4
2020	288	24.0	12.0	76
2021	267	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	249	20.7	12.0	94.8
2023	267	18.7	14.2	84.3

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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