South Holland School District 150

South Holland School District 150 serves 784 students across three schools in South Holland, covering PK–grade 8: Greenwood Elementary School (PK–3), McKinley Elementary School (grades 4–5), and McKinley Junior High School (grades 6–8). The clearest area-wide concern is math: the unweighted average across the three schools was 23%, compared with 40% statewide, a 17-point gap; in ELA, the average was 44% versus 56%, a 13-point gap. **The schools’ results trail the state more in math than in ELA.**

McKinley Junior High School stands out in ELA, with a 58% all-grades rate in 2025–2026, 2 points above the state rate. But results vary by grade: sixth-grade ELA was 8 points above the state, while seventh-grade ELA was 15 points below. Greenwood Elementary School had the lowest reported all-grades rates: 34% in ELA and 18% in math, respectively 23 and 21 points below state rates. McKinley Elementary School also fell below the state in both subjects in both grades it serves.

Recent trends differ by school: McKinley Elementary School dropped 10 points in both ELA and math, while Greenwood Elementary School gained 13 points in ELA but slipped 1 point in math; McKinley Junior High School gained 8 points in ELA and 5 in math. Science improved at both schools with results: eighth-grade science at the junior high rose 13 points, and fifth-grade science at the elementary rose 7. SchoolDigger rates the district one star (rank 665 of 738); its school rankings are two stars for McKinley Junior High (784 of 1,126) and one star for McKinley Elementary (1,501 of 1,737). In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 67% at Greenwood, 77% at the junior high, and 80% at McKinley Elementary; student-teacher ratios were 14.5, 13.6, and 19.5, respectively. These figures describe differences, not their causes. Because the schools serve different grades, their all-grades rates are summaries rather than direct like-for-like comparisons.