Taft Elementary School
1125 Oregon St
Joliet IL, 60435, Will County
Phone: 815-725-2700
Ranking: 
(1,767 out of 3,028, bottom 42%)*
(1,767 out of 3,028, bottom 42%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Joliet Public School District 86
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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: | 21 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 489 | 462 | 445 | 463 | 363 | 382 | 328 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 76 | 15.5% | 83 | 18.0% | 73 | 16.4% | 97 | 21.0% | 72 | 19.8% | 82 | 21.5% | 72 | 22.0% |
| Grade 1: | 88 | 18.0% | 73 | 15.8% | 88 | 19.8% | 65 | 14.0% | 74 | 20.4% | 76 | 19.9% | 50 | 15.2% |
| Grade 2: | 76 | 15.5% | 79 | 17.1% | 74 | 16.6% | 90 | 19.4% | 66 | 18.2% | 63 | 16.5% | 62 | 18.9% |
| Grade 3: | 88 | 18.0% | 75 | 16.2% | 79 | 17.8% | 81 | 17.5% | 51 | 14.0% | 60 | 15.7% | 45 | 13.7% |
| Grade 4: | 80 | 16.4% | 77 | 16.7% | 72 | 16.2% | 62 | 13.4% | 59 | 16.3% | 50 | 13.1% | 46 | 14.0% |
| Grade 5: | 81 | 16.6% | 75 | 16.2% | 59 | 13.3% | 68 | 14.7% | 41 | 11.3% | 51 | 13.4% | 53 | 16.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 280 | 57.3% | 261 | 56.5% | 235 | 52.8% | 251 | 54.2% | 177 | 48.8% | 169 | 44.2% | 153 | 46.6% |
| Female: | 209 | 42.7% | 201 | 43.5% | 210 | 47.2% | 212 | 45.8% | 153 | 42.1% | 183 | 47.9% | 149 | 45.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.9% | 8 | 1.8% | 7 | 1.5% | 2 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 195 | 39.9% | 181 | 39.2% | 173 | 38.9% | 167 | 36.1% | 98 | 27.0% | 142 | 37.2% | 126 | 38.4% |
| Black: | 103 | 21.1% | 67 | 14.5% | 59 | 13.3% | 64 | 13.8% | 59 | 16.3% | 54 | 14.1% | 43 | 13.1% |
| White: | 169 | 34.6% | 189 | 40.9% | 182 | 40.9% | 195 | 42.1% | 179 | 49.3% | 161 | 42.1% | 135 | 41.2% |
| 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: | 20 | 4.1% | 20 | 4.3% | 22 | 4.9% | 30 | 6.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 224 | 48.5% | 113 | 25.4% | 253 | 54.6% | 196 | 54.0% | 189 | 49.5% | 134 | 40.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 24 | 5.2% | 143 | 32.1% | 24 | 5.2% | 46 | 12.7% | 48 | 12.6% | 40 | 12.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 23.29 | 18.76 | 19.35 | 22.05 | 17.71 | 20.10 | 21.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 70.5% | 75.7% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 74.6% | 79.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 75.9% | 79.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 82.4% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 88.0% | 86.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 83.9% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 84.8% | 85.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.0% | 85.4% | 86.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 80.1% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 83.1% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 38.2% | 54.8% |
| 2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 51.1% | 62.0% |
| 2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 55.5% | 65.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 57.7% | 66.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 61.8% | 70.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 66.8% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 65.5% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 66.9% | 72.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 66.1% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 62.7% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 66.9% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 46.4% | 58.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.0% | 83.9% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 82.5% | 86.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 82.4% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 83.9% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 83.9% | 85.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 82.4% | 87.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.5% | 84.0% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 48.2% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 65.7% | 72.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 63.7% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 64.5% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 64.5% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 65.5% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 64.5% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 65.9% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 46.2% | 59.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 50.5% | 66.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 51.5% | 67.8% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 54.5% | 71.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 69.6% | 79.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 66.0% | 79.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 60.1% | 76.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 63.8% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 61.5% | 76.6% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 62.0% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 61.8% | 79.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 67.0% | 80.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 60.6% | 68.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 60.2% | 71.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 65.4% | 73.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 73.1% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 84.1% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 77.8% | 81.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 78.8% | 82.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 81.6% | 83.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 82.0% | 84.0% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 80.4% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 47.7% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 44.1% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.0% | 45.3% | 60.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 50.8% | 62.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 57.1% | 68.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 59.4% | 69.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 63.1% | 73.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 62.2% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.0% | 65.5% | 74.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 69.8% | 76.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 68.6% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 45.1% | 58.9% |
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* Taft Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.