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Summit School District 104

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 3 towns

Serves Summit, Forest View and Bedford Park, and parts of Lyons Township, Stickney Township, Bridgeview and Lyons.

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

Students
1,435
Schools
5
Spent per student
$29,461
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
98%
Debt
$17.6M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Summit School District 104

  • Its letter, D: results better than 8% of Illinois districts
  • Reading proficiency 19 pts below the state
  • Spends 37% more per student than the IL average
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 9.5% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $17.6M, about $12,276 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 8% 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−Summit 10,753Forest View 763Bedford Park 589

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Summit. Grade by grade →

K–54 elementary schoolsThis district
6–8Heritage Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Argo Community High SchoolArgo Community High School District 217

Test scores vs. IL

2021–22
Reading / language arts11%
State average 29.9% · 948 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 89% at Argo CHSD 217, 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
$29,461 per student · 37% above IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 49%Support & administration 48%Other 3%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 35%State 48%Federal 17%

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

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

Enrollment over time
1,586’20
1,526’21
1,459’22
1,447’23
1,435’24

Down 9.5% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 87%White 5%Black 5%Two or more races 2%Asian 1%

Schools in the district

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

Otis P Graves Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Summit
562 students13:1
Walsh Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Summit
182 students8:1
W W Walker Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bedford Park
130 students8:1
Dr Donald Wharton Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Summit
114 students8:1
Heritage Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Summit
447 students11:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Lyons Township High School District 204Brookfield, Hodgkins, La Grange Park
$27,424per student
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208Brookfield, Riverside Township, Riverside
$20,777per student
Riverside School District 96Brookfield, Riverside Township, Riverside
$20,984per student
Chicago Public School District 299Chicago
$24,330per 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.