Photo: Legimet · CC BY-SA 4.0Robbins’s public schools score below 80% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation
12% of students in Robbins’s public schools are proficient in math, below the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Robbins, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Robbins’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 294 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Robbins’s, its schools beat 33%, higher than their 20% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2021, 17% of tested students were proficient in reading and 12% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
83% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Community High School District 218 spends $25,321 per student and Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5 $24,959, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Seven elementary schools, then four middle and three high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Robbins’s grade
C−: better than 20% of Illinois school districts, #639 of 768 Illinois towns. Both inputs trail the Illinois average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Robbins, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Robbins · depends on your address
Nathan Hale Primary School
Grades PK–3 · 334 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Crestwood
Horace Mann School
Grades PK · 182 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Blue Island
Turner Elem School
Grades PK–K · 148 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Crestwood
9th grade in Robbins · depends on your address
A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,916 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Palos Heights
DD Eisenhower High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,818 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Blue Island
H L Richards High Sch(Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,702 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Oak Lawn
10th grade in Robbins · depends on your address
A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,916 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Palos Heights
DD Eisenhower High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,818 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Blue Island
H L Richards High Sch(Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,702 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Oak Lawn
11th grade in Robbins · depends on your address
A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,916 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Palos Heights
DD Eisenhower High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,818 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Blue Island
H L Richards High Sch(Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,702 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Oak Lawn
12th grade in Robbins · depends on your address
A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,916 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Palos Heights
DD Eisenhower High Sch (Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,818 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Blue Island
H L Richards High Sch(Campus)
Grades 9–12 · 1,702 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Oak Lawn
Parts of Robbins (15% of its land) are served by Midlothian School District 143 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Robbins
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Robbins vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Robbins’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Robbins | C− | Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5 PK–8 · Cook County School District 130 PK–8 · Community High School District 218 9–12 |
| Crestwood | C− | Cook County School District 130 PK–8 · Midlothian School District 143 PK–8 · Community High School District 218 9–12 |
| Blue Island | C− | Cook County School District 130 PK–8 · Community High School District 218 9–12 |
| Midlothian | C | Midlothian School District 143 PK–8 · Forest Ridge School District 142 PK–8 · Bremen Community High School District 228 9–12 |
2 of the 3 neighbors share Cook County School District 130 with Robbins for grades PK–8, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Robbins
14 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Robbins’s schools
Are Robbins’s schools good?
On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Robbins children attend score below 80% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade, #639 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 33%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Robbins in?
Community High School District 218, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 5,436 students in 3 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Robbins are served by Midlothian School District 143.
Where do Robbins kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: A B Shepard High Sch (Campus), DD Eisenhower High Sch (Campus) and H L Richards High Sch(Campus).
What is Robbins’s graduation rate?
83% of the class of 2023 in Community High School District 218 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Robbins spend per student?
$25,321 in Community High School District 218, $24,959 in Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5 and $22,624 in Cook County School District 130 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Robbins families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.