Kirby School District 140

The Kirby School District 140 in Tinley Park and Orland Park, Illinois, consists of 7 schools, including 5 elementary schools and 2 middle schools. The district as a whole performs well, with several standout schools that demonstrate strong academic achievement and improvement over time.

Virgil I Grissom Middle School and Millennium Elementary School are the top-performing schools in the district, ranking in the top 20% and 15% of Illinois schools, respectively. Virgil I Grissom Middle School has consistently high test scores, with 71.7% of students proficient or better in ELA and 55.7% in math, while Millennium Elementary School boasts impressive proficiency rates of 67.3% in ELA and 70.4% in math. In contrast, Christa McAuliffe School has shown significant improvement in test scores over the past two years, with proficiency rates increasing from 45.1% to 55.2% in ELA and from 36.4% to 53% in math.

While the district as a whole outperforms the state average in both ELA and math proficiency, there is a wide range in school-level performance. The high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% across all schools is an area of concern that the district may need to address. Additionally, the relatively consistent spending per student across the schools suggests the district is making efforts to allocate resources equitably, but the variation in performance indicates there may be opportunities to further target resources to the schools and students most in need.