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Hazel Crest School District 152-5

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Hazel Crest and East Hazel Crest, and parts of Thornton Township, Harvey and Markham.

Hazel Crest’s School Grade C− better than 16% of Illinois school districts

Students
891
Schools
2
Spent per student
$23,696
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
99%
Debt
$1.2M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Hazel Crest School District 152-5

  • Its letter, D: results better than 6% of Illinois districts
  • Reading proficiency 21 pts below the state
  • Spends 10% more per student than the IL average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Debt of $1.2M, about $1,305 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 6% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
C−Hazel Crest 13,024DEast Hazel Crest 1,250

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Hazel Crest. Grade by grade →

PK–59 elementary schoolsThis district
6–83 middle schoolsPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 144
9–127 high schoolsThornton Township High School District 205

Test scores vs. IL

2020–21 · 2021–22
Math proficiency0–49%
State average 25.8% · 14 students tested · small group: the state reports a range
Reading / language arts9%
State average 29.9% · 579 students tested

Graduation rate 82% at Thornton Twp HSD 205, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$23,696 per student · 10% above IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 40%Support & administration 56%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 26%State 50%Federal 25%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Students
Black 83%Hispanic 13%Two or more races 3%White <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.

Barack H Obama Learning Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Markham
B−
466 students16:1
Jesse C White Learning Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Hazel Crest
B−
425 students12:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Thornton Township High School District 205Calumet Township, Dixmoor, Dolton
$34,660per student
Bremen Community High School District 228Bremen Township, Country Club Hills, Midlothian
$25,258per student
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233Flossmoor, Homewood
$27,139per student
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5Posen
$24,959per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.