Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Tinley Park’s public schools outscore 76% of Illinois districts
Math proficiency in Tinley Park’s districts is 34%, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the six public school districts serving Tinley Park, 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.
Tinley Park’s schools, in brief
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 38% and math 34% across its districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 92% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Consolidated High School District 230 spends $25,716 per student and Kirby School District 140 $19,354, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Ten elementary schools, then four middle and ten 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 Tinley Park’s grade
A−: better than 76% of Illinois school districts, #207 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Tinley Park, with each school’s own grade.
Parts of Tinley Park (13% and 13% of its land) are served by Rich Township High School District 227 and Elementary School District 159 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Six districts serve Tinley Park
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Tinley Park vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Tinley Park’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Tinley Park | A− | Kirby School District 140 PK–8 · Community Consolidated School District 146 PK–8 · Summit Hill School District 161 PK–8 |
| Orland Park | A− | Orland School District 135 PK–8 · Consolidated High School District 230 9–12 |
| Mokena | A | Mokena School District 159 PK–8 · Summit Hill School District 161 PK–8 · Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 9–12 |
| Frankfort | A+ | Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C PK–8 · Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 9–12 |
| Rich | C− | Elementary School District 159 PK–8 · Matteson Elementary School District 162 PK–8 · Rich Township High School District 227 9–12 |
| Bremen | C+ | Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 PK–8 · Community Consolidated School District 146 PK–8 · Bremen Community High School District 228 9–12 |
2 of the 5 neighbors share Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 with Tinley Park for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Tinley Park
24 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 Tinley Park’s schools
Are Tinley Park’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Tinley Park children attend outscore 76% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #207 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 77%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Tinley Park in?
Consolidated High School District 230, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 7,613 students in 3 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Tinley Park are served by Rich Township High School District 227 and Elementary School District 159.
Where do Tinley Park kids go to high school?
One of 10 high schools, depending on your address: Carl Sandburg High School, Lincoln-Way East High School, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Victor J Andrew High School, Lincoln Way West, Lincoln-Way Central High School, Bremen High School, Oak Forest High School, Hillcrest High School and Tinley Park High School.
What is Tinley Park’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Consolidated High School District 230 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Tinley Park spend per student?
$25,716 in Consolidated High School District 230, $19,354 in Kirby School District 140, $22,783 in Community Consolidated School District 146, $25,258 in Bremen Community High School District 228, $19,546 in Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 and $21,914 in Summit Hill School District 161 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Tinley Park 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.