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Best Public Schools in Calumet Park, IL

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At a glance

Schools

895

Students

Top rankedCalumet Elementary School887^th of 1,126 Illinois middle schools

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Biggest riser

Calumet Elementary School up 270 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Calumet Park, Illinois, has three schools in Calumet Public School District 132, serving grades PK–8 and enrolling 895 students: Burr Oak Academy serves PK–2, Burr Oak Elementary School serves grades 3–5, and Calumet Elementary School serves grades 6–8. Chronic absenteeism is higher at all three schools than the state’s 24%: rates are 33% at Calumet Elementary and Burr Oak Academy, and 37% at Burr Oak Elementary. Most important, achievement results show a clear divide: Calumet Elementary has some strong 8th-grade results, while Burr Oak Elementary is substantially below state results across its reported tested grades.

Calumet Elementary School stands out for its 8th-grade ELA result, 63.4% versus 63.1% statewide, and 8th-grade science, 54% versus 52% statewide. That strength is not consistent across grades: its 6th- and 7th-grade ELA results are 47% and 30%, compared with 59% and 58% statewide. Burr Oak Elementary School has the lowest All Grades results: 21% in ELA and 8% in math, respectively 36 and 32 percentage points below state results. Its 5th-grade science result is also notably low, at 11% versus 48% statewide. Burr Oak Academy has no achievement results in the data.

Recent results moved in opposite directions: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Calumet Elementary improved by 9 points in All Grades ELA, 7 in math, and 41 in 8th-grade science; Burr Oak Elementary fell by 5 points in All Grades ELA, 3 in math, and 4 in 5th-grade science. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank rose 10 points at Calumet Elementary, from 11 to 21, while Burr Oak Elementary’s fell 13 points, from 13 to 0. Class-size context differs too: 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios were 22.5 at Calumet Elementary, 32.2 at Burr Oak Elementary, and 14.0 at Burr Oak Academy; reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for that school year were 56%, 26%, and 6%, respectively. These measures are context, not explanations for achievement; the schools serve different grade spans, and Burr Oak Academy has no reported test results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Burr Oak Elementary School	Public	3-5	1440 W 125th St	Calumet Park	60827	Cook County	Calumet Public School District 132	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 388-8010	290	9	32.2	26.2%	0 (0.0%)	195 (67.2%)	91 (31.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	2.7	1731^st of 1737 public elementary schools	0.3%		14.1	1817^th of 2056 public elementary schools	11.6%	86	11.2		16.3	23.7	21.4				20.6	11.6						7.9	96.3%		$22,263	$1,406	$20,857
Calumet Elementary School	Public	6-8	1440 W Vermont Ave	Calumet Park	60827	Cook County	Calumet Public School District 132	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 388-8820	316	14	22.5	56.0%	0 (0.0%)	232 (73.4%)	80 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	21.7	887^th of 1126 public middle schools	21.2%		18	1157^th of 1368 public middle schools	15.4%	270		54.0				46.6	30.3	63.4	46.9				13.6	10.1	10.9	11.5	99.3%		$22,250	$1,518	$20,732
Burr Oak Academy	Public	PK, KG-2	1441 W 124th St	Calumet Park	60827	Cook County	Calumet Public School District 132	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 824-3090	289	21	14.0	6.2%	3 (1.0%)	210 (72.7%)	70 (24.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)								(n/a)																	95%		$21,820	$1,495	$20,325

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Chicago	0.43 mi	659	682^nd
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Blue Island	2.13 mi	11	725^th
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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