Palos West Elementary School
12700 South 104th Ave
Palos Park IL, 60464, Cook County
Phone: 708-448-6888
Ranking: (175 out of 3,028, top 6%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Palos Community Consolidated School District 118
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 30 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 30 | |||||||
Total Students: | 473 | 449 | 458 | 479 | 498 | 503 | 502 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 39 | 8.2% | 41 | 9.1% | 47 | 10.3% | 62 | 12.9% | 58 | 11.6% | 58 | 11.5% | 46 | 9.2% |
Kindergarten: | 62 | 13.1% | 61 | 13.6% | 60 | 13.1% | 56 | 11.7% | 56 | 11.2% | 62 | 12.3% | 57 | 11.4% |
Grade 1: | 65 | 13.7% | 73 | 16.3% | 65 | 14.2% | 64 | 13.4% | 69 | 13.9% | 67 | 13.3% | 72 | 14.3% |
Grade 2: | 82 | 17.3% | 65 | 14.5% | 66 | 14.4% | 71 | 14.8% | 68 | 13.7% | 71 | 14.1% | 81 | 16.1% |
Grade 3: | 73 | 15.4% | 66 | 14.7% | 74 | 16.2% | 69 | 14.4% | 73 | 14.7% | 81 | 16.1% | 87 | 17.3% |
Grade 4: | 71 | 15.0% | 74 | 16.5% | 69 | 15.1% | 77 | 16.1% | 83 | 16.7% | 90 | 17.9% | 77 | 15.3% |
Grade 5: | 81 | 17.1% | 69 | 15.4% | 77 | 16.8% | 80 | 16.7% | 91 | 18.3% | 74 | 14.7% | 82 | 16.3% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 251 | 53.1% | 240 | 53.5% | 245 | 53.5% | 244 | 50.9% | 240 | 48.2% | 224 | 44.5% | 242 | 48.2% |
Female: | 222 | 46.9% | 209 | 46.5% | 213 | 46.5% | 235 | 49.1% | 228 | 45.8% | 248 | 49.3% | 240 | 47.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 40 | 8.5% | 33 | 7.3% | 29 | 6.3% | 33 | 6.9% | 29 | 5.8% | 27 | 5.4% | 26 | 5.2% |
Hispanic: | 56 | 11.8% | 50 | 11.1% | 43 | 9.4% | 42 | 8.8% | 25 | 5.0% | 29 | 5.8% | 29 | 5.8% |
Black: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 6 | 1.3% | 5 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.4% |
White: | 363 | 76.7% | 352 | 78.4% | 376 | 82.1% | 391 | 81.6% | 417 | 83.7% | 419 | 83.3% | 429 | 85.5% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 11 | 2.3% | 9 | 2.0% | 5 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 119 | 25.2% | 33 | 7.3% | 37 | 8.1% | 24 | 5.0% | 25 | 5.0% | 19 | 3.8% | 15 | 3.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 11 | 2.3% | 69 | 15.4% | 17 | 3.7% | 7 | 1.5% | 4 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.56 | 15.80 | 15.28 | 13.46 | 14.39 | 14.20 | 16.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ISAT | ||||||
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.9% | 94.9% | 75.7% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.9% | 94.4% | 79.1% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 93.9% | 79.3% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 94.6% | 85.6% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 94.7% | 86.7% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 96.3% | 85.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 97.0% | 85.2% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 97.7% | 86.4% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 96.1% | 87.3% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 95.3% | 87.7% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 76.9% | 54.8% |
2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.0% | 86.7% | 62.0% |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 82.1% | 65.1% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 82.5% | 66.6% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 87.1% | 70.7% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 87.2% | 72.9% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 92.1% | 71.8% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.8% | 72.2% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.0% | 88.2% | 73.7% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 91.7% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 91.0% | 76.0% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 82.9% | 58.8% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 93.7% | 84.8% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 93.9% | 86.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.7% | 97.5% | 84.6% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.8% | 98.6% | 85.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 98.1% | 85.9% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 96.7% | 87.7% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.5% | 97.3% | 88.1% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 79.8% | 60.2% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 83.8% | 72.9% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 85.7% | 73.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 93.5% | 73.2% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 91.3% | 73.8% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 92.6% | 73.7% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 88.6% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 91.4% | 76.0% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 79.8% | 59.2% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 86.6% | 66.5% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 89.9% | 67.8% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 90.4% | 71.4% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 89.5% | 79.9% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 92.8% | 79.7% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.7% | 98.5% | 76.2% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 95.9% | 76.8% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.6% | 96.1% | 76.6% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 95.7% | 79.4% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.5% | 94.6% | 79.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 94.0% | 80.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 85.2% | 68.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 87.4% | 71.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 89.4% | 73.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 86.6% | 78.6% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.0% | 91.8% | 82.5% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 91.3% | 81.3% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.0% | 95.1% | 82.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 96.0% | 83.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 95.6% | 84.0% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 94.6% | 83.6% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 85.8% | 59.4% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 80.6% | 60.4% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 83.6% | 60.9% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 84.7% | 62.7% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.0% | 84.3% | 68.5% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 88.6% | 69.7% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 93.1% | 73.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 92.7% | 73.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 92.4% | 74.7% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 91.6% | 76.4% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 91.4% | 77.8% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 83.7% | 58.9% |
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* Palos West Elementary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.