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Chicago Heights School District 170

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At a glance

490^thof 738 Illinois districts▲ 123

Better than 33% of Illinois districts

Elementary 9 Middle 1Grades PK, KG-8

30 W 16th St
Chicago Heights, IL 60411-3412·(708) 756-4165·All Illinois district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 33.6% of districts

Schools

2,674

Students

Top rankedGreenbriar Elementary School394^th of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Biggest riser

U S Grant Elementary School up 473 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

U S Grant Elementary School 9.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Chicago Heights School District 170 has 10 schools serving elementary grades K–5 and middle-school grades 6–8 in the Chicago Heights area. In 2025–2026, the school averages were 48% in ELA and 34% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%; elementary-school averages were 49% and 36%. The most important finding is the sharp variation among elementary schools: ELA results ranged from 29% at Washington-McKinley Elementary School to 68% at U S Grant Elementary School.

U S Grant Elementary School and Greenbriar Elementary School led elementary ELA with 68% and 67%, respectively—11 and 10 points above the state. Kennedy Elementary School and U S Grant Elementary School tied for the top elementary math result at 47%, 8 points above the state. Greenbriar also led reported grade-5 science at 73%, 26 points above the state result. At the lower end, Washington-McKinley’s ELA was 28 points below the state, while Roosevelt Elementary School had the lowest elementary math result, 27%, or 12 points below the state. Chicago Heights Middle School was below the state in ELA (40% versus 56%), math (17% versus 40%), and grade-8 science (31% versus 52%).

District averages improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026—ELA rose 3 points and math 1 point—but the gaps with the state were largely unchanged. SchoolDigger ranks Greenbriar at the 77th percentile with 4 stars, Grant at the 69th percentile with 3 stars, and Kennedy at the 60th percentile with 3 stars; the Middle School’s rank fell from the 30th to the 9th percentile over the three latest years shown. Strong results occur alongside differing reported circumstances: in 2024–2025, Kennedy reported 97% and Grant 95% free/reduced lunch eligible, while Greenbriar reported “All students receive free meals” through Community Eligibility. Greenbriar’s student–teacher ratio was 15.8 and Grant’s was 9.8; these figures do not form a simple pattern with results. These are reported test results and do not explain why schools differ.

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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
Highland School	Public	PK	828 Willow Dr	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 756-0008	0	7	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																	99.4%
Garfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 E 23rd St	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4150	248	20	12.4	—	2 (0.8%)	22 (8.9%)	224 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33.5	1128^th of 1737 public elementary schools	35.1%		30.9	1411^th of 2056 public elementary schools	31.4%	283	46.9			43.2	56.3				38.3	28.9		40.6				30.8	96.6%		$20,232	$1,398	$18,833
Greenbriar Elementary School	Public	K-5	101 W Greenbriar Ave	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4159	174	11	15.8	—	13 (7.5%)	46 (26.4%)	115 (66.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73.9	394^th of 1737 public elementary schools	77.3%		58.9	836^th of 2056 public elementary schools	59.3%	442	73.3		56.0	67.7	74.2				66.7	64.0						35.6	99.3%		$24,467	$1,398	$23,068
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	176 E 11th St	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4162	157	13	12.0	92.4%	3 (1.9%)	52 (33.1%)	102 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			52.4						41.7	52.4						28.3	97%		$22,645	$1,398	$21,247
Kennedy Elementary School	Public	K-5	1013 Division St	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4830	193	10	19.3	97.4%	5 (2.6%)	122 (63.2%)	66 (34.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58.9	688^th of 1737 public elementary schools	60.4%		45.8	1084^th of 2056 public elementary schools	47.3%	396			61.3	65.0	59.1				61.6	54.8	50.0					47.3	98.6%		$23,255	$1,398	$21,857
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	1520 Center Ave	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4833	84	9	9.3	—	0 (0.0%)	61 (72.6%)	21 (25.0%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									41.2							38.2	93.5%		$33,853	$1,398	$32,455
Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	K-5	1345 Sunnyside Ave	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4836	353	24	14.7	—	10 (2.8%)	55 (15.6%)	282 (79.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	24.2	1288^th of 1737 public elementary schools	25.8%		35.2	1310^th of 2056 public elementary schools	36.3%	22	43.4		34.0	38.6	52.8				42.2	36.7		24.5				27.4	99.6%		$20,637	$1,398	$19,238
U S Grant Elementary School	Public	K-5	2712 Miller Ave	South Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4156	147	15	9.8	95.2%	4 (2.7%)	20 (13.6%)	119 (81.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	66.9	536^th of 1737 public elementary schools	69.1%		49.6	1009^th of 2056 public elementary schools	50.9%	473			69.2	66.7	66.7				67.6	53.8	55.6					47.3	97.9%		$25,725	$1,398	$24,326
Washington-McKinley Elementary School	Public	K-5	25 W 16th Pl	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4843	286	25	11.4	—	10 (3.5%)	82 (28.7%)	192 (67.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22.3	1330^th of 1737 public elementary schools	23.4%		28.1	1484^th of 2056 public elementary schools	27.8%	154	34.9			31.5	44.2				28.5	26.2		43.2				25.8	99%		$24,184	$1,398	$22,786
Wilson Elementary School	Public	K-5	422 W 16th Pl	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 756-4839	160	10	16.0	—	0 (0.0%)	71 (44.4%)	89 (55.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54.4	764^th of 1737 public elementary schools	56.0%		39.4	1225^th of 2056 public elementary schools	40.4%	461				63.6	50.0				50.0	61.1						39.4	99.1%		$23,944	$1,398	$22,546
Chicago Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	1020 Dixie Hwy	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 882-0170	872	65	13.3	92.1%	27 (3.1%)	267 (30.6%)	568 (65.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.0%)	11.9	1021^st of 1126 public middle schools	9.3%		25	1014^th of 1368 public middle schools	25.9%	7		31.4				34.2	36.8	47.9	40.0				15.1	16.6	17.9	16.6	99.4%		$22,390	$1,398	$20,992

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bloom Township HSD 206	0.31 mi	3	723^rd
Region 07 South Cook ISC 4	0.38 mi	6
Speed SEJA #802	0.59 mi	5
Flossmoor School District 161	1.17 mi	5	454^th
Park Forest - Chicago Heights School District 163	1.43 mi	6

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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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