Is Nathan Hale Elementary School a good school?

Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.0% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Nathan Hale Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 533 students attended Nathan Hale Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Nathan Hale Elementary School?

Students at Nathan Hale Elementary School are 73% African American, 22% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Nathan Hale Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Nathan Hale Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Heritage Middle School High : Thornton Fractnl So High School

Nathan Hale Elementary School

Summary:

Nathan Hale Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 520 students in grades PK-4 in Lansing, Illinois, which is part of the Sunnybrook School District 171. The school faces significant academic challenges, with consistently low proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics compared to state and district averages.

In the 2023-2024 school year, only 14.7% of Nathan Hale Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide and 34.3% in the district. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 11.2%, while the state and district averages were 28.4% and 8.7%, respectively. The school has also experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.0% in 2019-2020 to 34.7% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the state average of 16.2%.

When compared to nearby elementary schools, such as Greenwood Elementary School and Oak Glen Elementary School, Nathan Hale Elementary School generally performs worse academically. Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with students with disabilities and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds performing significantly worse than the overall student population. Despite the higher spending per student at Nathan Hale Elementary School, the academic outcomes remain poor, suggesting that factors beyond funding, such as instructional practices and targeted support for struggling students, may need to be addressed.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

19055 Burnham Ave
Lansing, IL 60438-3605

(708) 895-3030

District: Sunnybrook School District 171

SchoolDigger Rank:
1592^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,428

Students who attend Nathan Hale Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Heritage Middle School
High:	Thornton Fractnl So High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.6

Number of students: 533

Racial breakdown:

African American:

72.6%

Hispanic:

22.0%

Two or more races:

3.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 12.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks worse than 77% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.2. (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 Racial makeup is: African American (72.6%), Hispanic (22%), two or more races (3.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 12.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Nathan Hale Elementary School is 16.6. (See more...)

Compare Nathan Hale Elementary School employs 32 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Nathan Hale Elementary School is $15,428.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Nathan Hale Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Nathan Hale Elementary School 1592^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Nathan Hale Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Sunnybrook School District 171:

SchoolDigger ranks Sunnybrook School District 171 667^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Nathan Hale Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	38.17	1413^th	2020	30.0%
2004	24.25	1664^th	2030	18.0%
2005	26.35	1648^th	2022	18.5%
2006	29.46	1666^th	2086	20.1%
2007	17.42	1832^nd	2095	12.6%
2008	25.69	1688^th	2092	19.3%
2009	16.54	1849^th	2120	12.8%
2010	26.86	1701^st	2139	20.5%
2011	48.71	1320^th	2147	38.5%
2012	52.53	1230^th	2166	43.2%
2013	39.13	1419^th	2167	34.5%
2014	30.26	1532^nd	2093	26.8%
2015	36.68	1220^th	2052	40.5%
2016	28.07	1478^th	2046	27.8%
2017	28.59	1454^th	2044	28.9%
2018	43.26	1094^th	2037	46.3%
2019	53.08	919^th	2086	55.9%
2021	15.30	1745^th	1948	10.4%
2022	20.50	1644^th	2082	21.0%
2023	19.08	1708^th	2077	17.8%
2024	23.20	1592^nd	2067	23.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2021	26.41	501^st	537	6.7%
2022	39.30	451^st	768	41.3%
2023	36.59	511^th	788	35.2%
2024	32.38	603^rd	826	27.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.16	444^th	763	41.8%
2019	40.78	613^th	1194	48.7%
2021	22.79	548^th	640	14.4%
2022	25.45	902^nd	1113	19.0%
2023	16.27	1145^th	1156	1.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	65.60	429^th	1765	75.7%
2019	72.42	307^th	1816	83.1%
2021	22.78	1311^th	1514	13.4%
2022	25.46	1412^th	1763	19.9%
2023	22.45	1556^th	1808	13.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.26	1035^th	1964	47.3%
2019	57.25	801^st	2019	60.3%
2021	13.77	1560^th	1680	7.1%
2022	23.41	1501^st	1970	23.8%
2023	20.28	1591^st	1957	18.7%
2024	22.32	1521^st	1942	21.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	19.48	869^th	907	4.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.32	1055^th	1972	46.5%
2019	47.05	987^th	2019	51.1%
2021	15.40	1556^th	1707	8.8%
2022	19.19	1629^th	1977	17.6%
2023	18.45	1657^th	1984	16.5%
2024	25.45	1433^rd	1959	26.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.55	65^th	698	90.7%
2019	87.22	36^th	711	94.9%
2021	39.26	226^th	428	47.2%
2022	51.32	245^th	684	64.2%
2023	40.92	360^th	692	48.0%
2024	52.50	228^th	655	65.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Nathan Hale Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.12	362^nd	938	61.4%
2019	63.17	245^th	955	74.3%
2021	21.94	675^th	742	9.0%
2022	29.71	696^th	954	27.0%
2023	34.90	624^th	970	35.7%
2024	37.39	584^th	959	39.1%

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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 Nathan Hale Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	554	55	6	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	635
1989	552	90	7	19	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	668
1990	428	64	7	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	514
1991	429	99	4	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	545
1992	464	85	6	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	571
1993	468	86	7	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	579
1994	444	96	8	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	571
1995	397	156	8	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	592
1996	397	156	8	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	592
1997	367	179	5	21	1	n/a	n/a	0	573
1998	402	234	5	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	678
1999	346	272	8	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	663
2000	268	313	1	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	617
2001	216	312	6	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	564
2002	150	379	6	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	573
2003	150	379	6	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	573
2004	133	376	5	51	0	n/a	n/a	0	565
2005	103	428	4	69	1	n/a	n/a	0	605
2006	82	407	6	74	0	n/a	n/a	10	579
2007	62	416	6	88	1	n/a	n/a	9	582
2008	50	411	8	104	0	n/a	n/a	19	592
2009	34	408	11	109	1	n/a	n/a	13	576
2010	34	389	9	105	0	n/a	n/a	14	551
2011	20	368	5	100	0	0	22	0	515
2012	14	347	7	101	0	0	30	0	499
2013	20	376	7	91	0	2	23	0	519
2014	35	374	8	87	0	2	33	0	539
2015	32	381	8	81	0	2	33	0	537
2016	28	367	6	80	0	2	33	0	516
2017	19	372	4	83	0	0	32	0	510
2018	22	395	3	80	0	0	37	0	537
2019	17	349	1	69	0	0	44	0	480
2020	13	376	2	78	1	0	39	0	509
2021	17	355	4	87	3	0	15	0	481
2022	21	377	2	113	2	0	12	0	527
2023	11	383	0	114	1	0	11	0	520
2024	10	387	1	117	0	0	18	0	533

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 Nathan Hale Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	635	31.8	19.9	n/a
1989	668	34.3	19.4	n/a
1990	514	30.0	17.1	n/a
1991	545	32.8	16.6	n/a
1992	571	34.8	16.4	n/a
1993	579	33.8	17.1	n/a
1994	571	33.8	16.9	n/a
1995	592	33.0	17.9	n/a
1996	592	33.0	17.9	n/a
1997	573	32.0	17.9	n/a
1998	678	38.0	17.8	n/a
1999	663	39.5	16.8	n/a
2000	617	40.0	15.4	n/a
2001	564	38.0	14.8	n/a
2002	573	39.0	14.7	38.9
2003	573	39.0	14.7	38.9
2004	565	32.3	17.5	45.8
2005	605	30.5	19.8	46.9
2006	579	31.5	18.4	56.4
2007	582	32.0	18.2	65.6
2008	592	29.0	20.4	67.4
2009	576	30.5	18.9	66.4
2010	551	27.5	20.0	79.3
2011	515	26.5	19.4	79.4
2012	499	27.5	18.1	57.3
2013	519	36.8	14.0	81.1
2014	539	34.0	15.8	80.9
2015	537	33.0	16.2	79.7
2016	516	34.0	15.1	75.2
2017	510	35.0	14.5	3.9
2018	537	31.0	17.3	77.7
2019	480	34.0	14.1	72.7
2020	509	n/a	n/a	50.1
2021	481	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	527	31.0	17.0	29
2023	520	31.0	16.7	17.1
2024	533	32.0	16.6	12.2

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 Nathan Hale Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	635	31.8	19.9	n/a
1989	668	34.3	19.4	n/a
1990	514	30.0	17.1	n/a
1991	545	32.8	16.6	n/a
1992	571	34.8	16.4	n/a
1993	579	33.8	17.1	n/a
1994	571	33.8	16.9	n/a
1995	592	33.0	17.9	n/a
1996	592	33.0	17.9	n/a
1997	573	32.0	17.9	n/a
1998	678	38.0	17.8	n/a
1999	663	39.5	16.8	n/a
2000	617	40.0	15.4	n/a
2001	564	38.0	14.8	n/a
2002	573	39.0	14.7	38.9
2003	573	39.0	14.7	38.9
2004	565	32.3	17.5	45.8
2005	605	30.5	19.8	46.9
2006	579	31.5	18.4	56.4
2007	582	32.0	18.2	65.6
2008	592	29.0	20.4	67.4
2009	576	30.5	18.9	66.4
2010	551	27.5	20.0	79.3
2011	515	26.5	19.4	79.4
2012	499	27.5	18.1	57.3
2013	519	36.8	14.0	81.1
2014	539	34.0	15.8	80.9
2015	537	33.0	16.2	79.7
2016	516	34.0	15.1	75.2
2017	510	35.0	14.5	3.9
2018	537	31.0	17.3	77.7
2019	480	34.0	14.1	72.7
2020	509	n/a	n/a	50.1
2021	481	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	527	31.0	17.0	29
2023	520	31.0	16.7	17.1
2024	533	32.0	16.6	12.2

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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