Summary:
Calumet Public School District 132 has three schools serving PK–8: Burr Oak Academy (PK–2), Burr Oak Elementary School (grades 3–5), and Calumet Elementary School (grades 6–8). SchoolDigger lists the district at 722 of 738, in the 2nd percentile, with 0 stars. Across the two schools with 2025–26 all-grades scores, the average was 34% in ELA and 10% in math, compared with state averages of 56% and 40%. The clearest area-wide concern is math: the schools’ average was 30 percentage points below the state.
Calumet Elementary leads the available all-grades results: its ELA score was 47%, compared with 21% at Burr Oak Elementary, a 26-point gap; in math, the scores were 12% and 8%, a 4-point gap. Calumet was still below the state in both subjects overall, while Burr Oak was further below. Calumet’s eighth-grade results stand out against the state: 63.4% in ELA versus 63.1%, and 54% in science versus 51.9%. Burr Oak’s third-, fourth- and fifth-grade ELA results were 16%, 24% and 21%, each below its grade-level state result. The schools serve different grades, and no test scores are supplied for Burr Oak Academy, so all-grades scores are not same-grade comparisons.
Recent all-grades changes are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Calumet rose 9 points in ELA and 7 in math, while Burr Oak fell 5 points in ELA and 3 in math. Student-teacher ratios are 22.5 at Calumet, 32.2 at Burr Oak Elementary and 14.0 at Burr Oak Academy. In 2024–25, the free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 56% at Calumet, 26% at Burr Oak Elementary and 6% at Burr Oak Academy; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 33%, 37% and 33%, respectively, compared with the state’s 24%.
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