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Marya Yates Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

1610^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of Illinois elementary schools

Summary

Marya Yates Elementary School serves 284 students in grades K–5 in Matteson, as part of Education Service District 159. Its biggest concern is academic achievement: in 2025–2026, about 29% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 12% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide. The central finding is that both subjects were about 28 percentage points below state results.

Among the three nearby schools in the same district, Marya Yates had the lowest all-grades ELA and math results: its peers scored 42% to 55% in ELA and 14% to 32% in math. Fifth-grade ELA is especially weak: about 21% were proficient, the lowest result among nearby schools with reported data; Meadowview School was next at about 24%. Science is also a concern relative to the district: fifth-grade proficiency was about 23%, 13 points below the district’s result. In contrast, attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism was about 15% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 23% and state’s 24%. The science comparison is for fifth grade, unlike the all-grades ELA and math results.

ELA proficiency has risen over three years, from 17% in 2023–2024 to 22% in 2024–2025 and 29% in 2025–2026, but math has been roughly flat, moving from 13% to 16% and then 12%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking fell from the 34th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 7th percentile and zero stars in 2025–2026, despite the latest ELA improvement. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 11:1, lower than at the same-district comparison schools; 66% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, also below those peers. SchoolDigger’s 2024–2025 ranking for Disabled Students was at the 40th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 11th percentile, suggesting a stronger measured standing for this group. For African American Students, the 2025–2026 ranking was at the 19th percentile, versus the schoolwide 7th percentile.

284

Students ?

11.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$28,493

Per pupil spending ?

66.2%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

6131 Allemong Dr
Matteson, IL 60443-1061

(708) 720-1800

District: Education Service District 159

Racial breakdown:

African American:

87.3%

Hispanic:

6.0%

Two or more races:

4.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 59th percentile in 2016 → 7th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Illinois average (21% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 52 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school21%

District avg29%

Illinois avg48%

1,610^th of 1,737

Illinois public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 51 pts since 2016

From top 41% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Education Service District 159

666^th of 738Education Service District 159 among Illinois districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	9.6	1610 of 1737	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.3	1839 of 2056	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	1567 of 2067	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.5	1361 of 2077	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.4	1390 of 2082	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.4	1238 of 1948	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.7	1180 of 2086	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.6	1485 of 2037	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	38.3	1208 of 2044	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	55.3	846 of 2046	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	48.4	939 of 2052	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2014	53.6	1017 of 2093	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2013	41.9	1356 of 2167	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	43.5	1435 of 2166	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	52.7	1221 of 2147	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	43.8	1412 of 2139	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	40.7	1457 of 2120	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	40.9	1440 of 2092	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	33.4	1636 of 2095	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.2	1604 of 2086	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	48.2	1272 of 2022	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	64.4	858 of 2030	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2003	46.2	1278 of 2020	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	23.6	125 of 154	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	41.7	377 of 688	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.8	199 of 655	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.2	133 of 692	80.8%	★★★★☆
2022	67.4	121 of 684	82.3%	★★★★☆
2021	61.3	82 of 428	80.8%	★★★★☆
2019	80.9	58 of 711	91.8%	★★★★★
2018	62.8	163 of 698	76.6%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	36.8	633 of 1049	39.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	1725 of 1942	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	1452 of 1942	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.5	1195 of 1957	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.9	1249 of 1970	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.1	1039 of 2019	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.7	1595 of 1964	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	1608 of 1800	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.9	1340 of 1793	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	41.8	1005 of 1808	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	56.2	635 of 1763	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.9	907 of 1514	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.0	734 of 1816	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.8	1193 of 1765	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	15.9	1674 of 1947	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.7	1462 of 1959	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.3	1344 of 1984	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.7	1360 of 1977	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	15.3	1558 of 1707	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	36.2	1238 of 2019	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.1	1184 of 1972	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	1000 of 1292	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.8	753 of 1194	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	83.1	52 of 763	93.2%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2025)40th percentile+29 vs school

Special Education (2025)23rd percentile+12 vs school

African American (2026)19th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2025)14th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile~ school

By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts29%-28 vs state

Science23%-25 vs state

Mathematics12%-27 vs state

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by a parent
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Some of the teachers are very mean to the students. My grand daughter faithful do her remote learning. She moved the camera off of me for one second while i was cleaning her room and her Teacher Mrs Gilkey started talking very mean to her belittling her. I sat in my grand daughter room for a hour to see what else this rude un professional lady was going to say. she started talking very mean and crazy to a few more students. Hair sticking up looking crazy. She need to learn how to talk to her young students and to tone her mean stern voice. Parents needs to monitor from time to time how these teachers talk to their children. Last year another mean hateful teacher Johnson-Maisonneuve is also nasty rude to the students keep them in school late. I just found out today its one more teacher i have to make a complaint about. Dont make any sense to be that way to children especially with all we going through. Talking about black lives matter. Some black ppl treat they own bad. How would they feel if some one treat they children or grand children that way. Parents ask your students question everyday Close Quote

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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	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th 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
Marya Yates Elementary School	Public	K-5	6131 Allemong Dr	Matteson	60443	Cook County	Education Service District 159	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 720-1800	284	26	11.0	66.2%	3 (1.1%)	248 (87.3%)	17 (6.0%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	9.6	1610^th of 1737 public elementary schools	7.3%		13.3	1839^th of 2056 public elementary schools	10.6%	229	22.9	36.6	30.2	20.8	28.8				12.1			$28,493	$929	$27,564
Woodgate Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	101 Central Ave	Matteson	60443	Cook County	Education Service District 159	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 720-1107	260	22	12.0	72.7%	1 (0.4%)	236 (90.8%)	15 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	29.1	1198^th of 1737 public elementary schools	31.0%		36.2	1290^th of 2056 public elementary schools	37.3%	92	33.3	50.0	34.9	46.2	43.1	52.9		28.2	30.2			$27,556	$858	$26,698
Sieden Prairie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	725 Notre Dame Dr	Matteson	60443	Cook County	Education Service District 159	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 720-2626	279	20	14.1	82.1%	12 (4.3%)	138 (49.5%)	117 (41.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	22.2	1335^th of 1737 public elementary schools	23.1%		16.1	1759^th of 2056 public elementary schools	14.4%	424	32.6	30.6	42.5	51.2	42.0				14.3			$30,071	$898	$29,173
Indian Trail Elementary School	Public	1-4	20912 S Frankfort Square Rd	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Summit Hill School District 161	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 469-6993	466	38	12.1	23.8%	299 (64.2%)	58 (12.4%)	78 (16.7%)	10 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.9%)	81.3	278^th of 1737 public elementary schools	84.0%		88.6	209^th of 2056 public elementary schools	89.8%	69		64.5	80.6		73.3	68.2	68.2		68.2	97.8%		$18,433	$451	$17,982
Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6701 179th St	Tinley Park	60477	Cook County	Ccsd 146	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 614-4535	291	27	10.9	37.8%	162 (55.7%)	34 (11.7%)	57 (19.6%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.7%)	68.6	504^th of 1737 public elementary schools	71.0%		67.1	664^th of 2056 public elementary schools	67.7%	160	58.1	68.6	72.1	81.4	74.4	60.0	41.9	51.2	50.4	97.7%		$21,828	$515	$21,313
Chelsea Elementary School	Public	3-5	22265 S 80th Ave	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Frankfort CCSD 157C	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 469-2309	893	58	15.3	—	649 (72.7%)	69 (7.7%)	81 (9.1%)	23 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (8.0%)	91.1	105^th of 1737 public elementary schools	94.0%		94.7	78^th of 2056 public elementary schools	96.2%	27	70.8	74.2	84.2	91.0	83.6	78.3	77.5	71.5	75.6	94.9%		$15,564	$257	$15,308
Arcadia Elementary School	Public	K-3	20519 Arcadian Dr	Olympia Fields	60461	Cook County	Matteson Education Service District 162	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 747-3535	516	40	13.0	43.6%	8 (1.6%)	449 (87.0%)	39 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)								(n/a)		39.6			39.6	45.8			45.8	92.8%		$24,972	$963	$24,009
Neil Armstrong Elementary School	Public	K-5	5030 Imperial Dr	Richton Park	60471	Cook County	Education Service District 159	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 481-7424	266	20	13.5	69.9%	2 (0.8%)	230 (86.5%)	21 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	41.4	978^th of 1737 public elementary schools	43.7%		26.4	1529^th of 2056 public elementary schools	25.6%	551	50.9	61.9	44.1	56.6	55.0	47.6		24.5	31.5	94.3%		$31,177	$1,050	$30,128
Dr Julian Rogus School	Public	K-4	20027 S 88th Ave	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Summit Hill School District 161	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 464-2034	653	69	9.5	23.0%	465 (71.2%)	50 (7.7%)	82 (12.6%)	26 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	24 (3.7%)	76.3	361^st of 1737 public elementary schools	79.2%		87.9	224^th of 2056 public elementary schools	89.1%	137		67.2	73.1		70.1	70.7	56.5		63.8	97.8%		$20,979	$451	$20,528
Meadowview School	Public	3-5	4701 179th St	Country Club Hills	60478	Cook County	Country Club Hills School District 160	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(708) 957-6220	293	15	19.5	65.5%	1 (0.3%)	252 (86.0%)	23 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.8%)	4.2	1712^th of 1737 public elementary schools	1.4%		15.8	1770^th of 2056 public elementary schools	13.9%	58	19.2	18.3	26.3	23.5	22.4	19.2	12.7		13.0	95.3%		$21,516	$2,171	$19,346

Frequently Asked Questions about Marya Yates Elementary School

How many students attend Marya Yates Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 284 students attended Marya Yates Elementary School.

What district is Marya Yates Elementary School in?

Education Service District 159

Is Marya Yates Elementary School a good school?

Marya Yates Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Marya Yates Elementary School?

Students at Marya Yates Elementary School are 87% African American, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% White, 1% Asian.

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