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Lyons School District 103

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 4 towns

Serves Lyons, Stickney, Forest View and McCook, and parts of Lyons Township, Stickney Township, Brookfield and Summit.

Lyons’ School Grade D better than 14% of Illinois school districts

Students
2,042
Schools
6
Spent per student
$20,396
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
10:1
Free or reduced lunch
77%
Debt
$5.4M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lyons School District 103

  • Its letter, C−: results better than 16% of Illinois districts
  • Math proficiency 19 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 12 pts below the state
  • Spends 5% less per student than the IL average
  • 10 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 9.6% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $5.4M, about $2,633 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C−: better than 16% 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
C−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
DLyons 10,433C−Stickney 6,897Forest View 763McCook 240

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Lyons. Grade by grade →

PK–55 elementary schoolsThis district
6–8Washington Middle SchoolThis district
9–122 high schoolsJ. Sterling Morton High School District 201

Test scores vs. IL

2020–21 · 2021–22
Math proficiency7%
State average 25.8% · 861 students tested
Reading / language arts18%
State average 29.9% · 1,365 students tested

Graduation rate 79% at J S Morton HSD 201, 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
$20,396 per student · 5% below IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 57%Support & administration 40%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 46%State 47%Federal 7%

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

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

Enrollment over time
2,258’20
2,151’21
2,148’22
2,086’23
2,042’24

Down 9.6% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 81%White 12%Black 5%Two or more races 2%Asian 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

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

Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brookfield
C−
366 students9:1
Edison Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Stickney
B−
282 students10:1
Home Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Stickney
C
256 students11:1
J W Robinson Jr Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lyons
D
251 students9:1
Costello School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lyons
C−
228 students9:1
Washington Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lyons
C−
659 students11:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208North Riverside, Riverside Township, Riverside
$20,777per student
Riverside School District 96North Riverside, Riverside Township, Riverside
$20,984per student
Argo Community High School District 217Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Willow Springs
$26,897per student
Lyons Township High School District 204Hodgkins, La Grange Park, La Grange
$27,424per 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.