Is Worthwoods Elementary School a good school?

Worthwoods Elementary School ranks 1076 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Worthwoods Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 303 students attended Worthwoods Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Worthwoods Elementary School?

Students at Worthwoods Elementary School are 64% White, 26% Hispanic, 4% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Worthwoods Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Worthwoods Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Worth Junior High School High : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School

Worthwoods Elementary School

Summary:

Worthwoods Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Worth, Illinois, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade. With a total enrollment of 286 students, the school is part of the Worth School District 127, which is ranked 434 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Worthwoods Elementary School faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 37.5% of Worthwoods students were proficient or better in IAR/English Language Arts, compared to 50.7% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In IAR/Mathematics, Worthwoods had only 17.6% of students proficient or better, while the district and state had 20.7% and 28.4%, respectively. However, the school's performance in science, as measured by the ISA/Science assessment, is better, with 61.5% of students proficient or better, compared to 56% for the district and 53.2% for the state. Additionally, Worthwoods Elementary School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, reaching 31.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, which is much higher than the district and state averages.

Comparing Worthwoods Elementary School's performance to nearby schools, such as Ridge Central Elementary School and Oak Ridge Elementary School, highlights the need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes. The school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 72.03% receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, may contribute to its lower academic performance, as research has shown a strong correlation between socioeconomic status and educational outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-5

11000 S Oketo Ave
Worth, IL 60482-1009

(708) 448-2802

District: Worth School District 127

SchoolDigger Rank:
1076^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,256

Students who attend Worthwoods Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Worth Junior High School
High:	Amos Alonzo Stagg High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.8

Number of students: 303

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.4%

Hispanic:

26.4%

African American:

3.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 77.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Worthwoods Elementary School ranks worse than 52.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.66. (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: White (64.4%), Hispanic (26.4%), African American (3.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 77.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Worth School District 127. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Worthwoods Elementary School is 14.8. 1 elementary schools in the Worth School District 127 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Worthwoods Elementary School employs 20.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Worthwoods Elementary School is $16,256. 1 elementary schools in the Worth School District 127 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Worthwoods Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Worthwoods Elementary School 1076^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Worthwoods Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Male students:

Hispanic students:

White students:

Worth School District 127:

SchoolDigger ranks Worth School District 127 434^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Worthwoods Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Worthwoods Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	73.67	591^st	2020	70.7%
2004	62.60	909^th	2030	55.2%
2005	76.42	431^st	2022	78.7%
2006	75.26	498^th	2086	76.1%
2007	74.20	527^th	2095	74.8%
2008	76.51	480^th	2092	77.1%
2009	72.89	640^th	2120	69.8%
2010	65.77	888^th	2139	58.5%
2011	60.75	1021^st	2147	52.4%
2012	45.81	1392^nd	2166	35.7%
2013	44.06	1306^th	2167	39.7%
2014	40.16	1311^th	2093	37.4%
2015	43.76	1038^th	2052	49.4%
2016	33.77	1328^th	2046	35.1%
2017	49.84	945^th	2044	53.8%
2018	50.37	939^th	2037	53.9%
2019	37.20	1264^th	2086	39.4%
2021	47.64	900^th	1948	53.8%
2022	46.66	1020^th	2082	51.0%
2023	32.62	1327^th	2077	36.1%
2024	43.66	1076^th	2067	47.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Worthwoods Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.58	348^th	718	51.5%
2019	43.32	403^rd	743	45.8%
2021	61.06	99^th	537	81.6%
2022	48.89	307^th	768	60.0%
2023	29.52	644^th	788	18.3%
2024	72.05	103^rd	826	87.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Worthwoods Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	47.66	497^th	1194	58.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.52	614^th	1765	65.2%
2019	42.49	1021^st	1816	43.8%
2021	61.98	383^rd	1514	74.7%
2022	64.26	447^th	1763	74.6%
2023	51.03	789^th	1808	56.4%
2024	55.65	661^st	1793	63.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Worthwoods Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.39	912^th	1964	53.6%
2019	41.65	1137^th	2019	43.7%
2021	41.33	902^nd	1680	46.3%
2022	44.49	981^st	1970	50.2%
2023	36.06	1179^th	1957	39.8%
2024	45.45	975^th	1942	49.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Worthwoods Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	49.87	898^th	1972	54.5%
2019	32.95	1338^th	2019	33.7%
2021	50.82	720^th	1707	57.8%
2022	49.99	880^th	1977	55.5%
2023	30.53	1311^th	1984	33.9%
2024	40.00	1086^th	1959	44.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Worthwoods Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.50	308^th	938	67.2%
2022	54.36	365^th	954	61.7%
2023	33.04	653^rd	970	32.7%
2024	48.74	416^th	959	56.6%

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Rank History for White students at Worthwoods Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.44	923^rd	1463	36.9%
2019	22.76	1204^th	1462	17.6%
2021	39.28	795^th	1308	39.2%
2022	26.95	1112^th	1425	22.0%
2023	19.40	1220^th	1419	14.0%
2024	34.88	948^th	1392	31.9%

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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

Review counts

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50%

Reviews:

by a parent
Sunday, August 27, 2017

My child was just plain scared to go back to this school. It is his first time in this school and for the time he's been attending his other school, this is the very first time we had this kind of reaction from him of being terrified of the teacher. He said he's been pushed, slapped, thrown to the ground, and shouted at by his teacher. He clearly has tears in his eyes when we picked him up after school. It's a given that some kids can be a handful but this kind of intimidation is absolutely unacceptable.

Very young kids cannot really tell a lie or create stories to berate someone. Nevertheless, we always choose to listen to our child and we immediately transferred him to another school. Then, he again became happy and content. He did his usual routine of telling us what he learned in school and how much fun he had with his teacher. The difference is very obvious, it's like night and day.

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Enrollment information for Worthwoods Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	228	n/a	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	236
1990	230	n/a	4	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	242
1991	226	0	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	236
1992	226	0	4	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	238
1993	227	1	4	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	239
1994	216	1	5	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	233
1995	222	0	5	11	5	n/a	n/a	0	243
1996	222	0	5	11	5	n/a	n/a	0	243
1997	238	1	4	18	4	n/a	n/a	0	265
1998	243	1	3	20	5	n/a	n/a	0	272
1999	258	5	3	18	4	n/a	n/a	0	288
2000	238	5	1	35	4	n/a	n/a	0	283
2001	223	8	2	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	270
2002	222	5	1	43	0	n/a	n/a	0	271
2003	222	5	1	43	0	n/a	n/a	0	271
2004	225	12	5	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	277
2005	231	10	8	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	291
2006	226	12	9	43	3	n/a	n/a	0	293
2007	217	10	9	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	268
2008	209	10	12	47	1	n/a	n/a	0	279
2009	201	6	6	40	0	n/a	n/a	2	255
2010	209	6	4	38	0	n/a	n/a	10	267
2011	191	12	1	36	1	0	10	0	251
2012	202	13	2	35	1	0	14	0	267
2013	217	9	2	36	1	0	12	0	277
2014	236	10	3	36	1	0	16	0	302
2015	219	10	8	38	1	0	20	0	296
2016	212	11	9	44	0	0	25	0	301
2017	210	12	7	39	0	0	26	0	294
2018	212	10	5	42	0	0	34	0	303
2019	205	5	5	31	0	0	38	0	284
2020	196	7	7	69	0	0	7	0	286
2021	204	8	4	78	0	0	9	0	303
2022	183	11	5	74	0	0	8	0	281
2023	182	10	7	78	0	0	9	0	286
2024	195	11	8	80	0	0	9	0	303

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 Worthwoods Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	236	13.5	17.4	n/a
1990	242	15.0	16.1	n/a
1991	236	16.0	14.7	n/a
1992	238	15.0	15.8	n/a
1993	239	14.5	16.5	n/a
1994	233	14.0	16.6	n/a
1995	243	15.0	16.2	n/a
1996	243	15.0	16.2	n/a
1997	265	17.0	15.6	n/a
1998	272	16.0	17.0	n/a
1999	288	17.0	16.9	n/a
2000	283	18.0	15.7	n/a
2001	270	19.0	14.2	n/a
2002	271	15.5	17.5	0
2003	271	15.5	17.5	0
2004	277	16.0	17.3	0
2005	291	17.0	17.1	0
2006	293	18.5	15.8	0
2007	268	18.0	14.9	0
2008	279	14.0	19.9	0
2009	255	18.5	13.8	0
2010	267	17.5	15.2	0
2011	251	18.0	13.9	0
2012	267	16.0	16.6	36.7
2013	277	20.3	13.6	35
2014	302	17.0	17.7	40.1
2015	296	16.0	18.5	63.5
2016	301	16.0	18.8	43.5
2017	294	16.4	17.9	63.9
2018	303	17.0	17.8	69
2019	284	18.5	15.3	63.4
2020	286	18.3	15.6	64.3
2021	303	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	281	17.7	15.8	68.3
2023	286	19.2	14.8	72
2024	303	20.4	14.8	77.2

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 Worthwoods Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	236	13.5	17.4	n/a
1990	242	15.0	16.1	n/a
1991	236	16.0	14.7	n/a
1992	238	15.0	15.8	n/a
1993	239	14.5	16.5	n/a
1994	233	14.0	16.6	n/a
1995	243	15.0	16.2	n/a
1996	243	15.0	16.2	n/a
1997	265	17.0	15.6	n/a
1998	272	16.0	17.0	n/a
1999	288	17.0	16.9	n/a
2000	283	18.0	15.7	n/a
2001	270	19.0	14.2	n/a
2002	271	15.5	17.5	0
2003	271	15.5	17.5	0
2004	277	16.0	17.3	0
2005	291	17.0	17.1	0
2006	293	18.5	15.8	0
2007	268	18.0	14.9	0
2008	279	14.0	19.9	0
2009	255	18.5	13.8	0
2010	267	17.5	15.2	0
2011	251	18.0	13.9	0
2012	267	16.0	16.6	36.7
2013	277	20.3	13.6	35
2014	302	17.0	17.7	40.1
2015	296	16.0	18.5	63.5
2016	301	16.0	18.8	43.5
2017	294	16.4	17.9	63.9
2018	303	17.0	17.8	69
2019	284	18.5	15.3	63.4
2020	286	18.3	15.6	64.3
2021	303	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	281	17.7	15.8	68.3
2023	286	19.2	14.8	72
2024	303	20.4	14.8	77.2

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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