State/Public Elementary Open

Helen Keller Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 7846 163rd St, Tinley Park, Cook County, 60477

397
Pupils
11.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Helen Keller Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tinley Park, Cook County. The school has 397 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Julie Simpson. It is part of the Kirby SD 140 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Julie Simpson
School district
Kirby SD 140

Enrollment & staffing

Helen Keller Elem School enrolls 397 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.

Male students
211 (53%)
Female students
186 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
35.7
Student-teacher ratio
11.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White28772%
Hispanic or Latino6316%
Black or African American194.8%
Asian174.3%
Two or more races112.8%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5

Helen Keller Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-60, state senate district 14, state house district 28.

School district: Kirby SD 140

Helen Keller Elem School is one of 7 schools in Kirby SD 140, based in Tinley Park, Illinois. The district serves 3,495 students district-wide and employs 287 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 397 students, Helen Keller Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 499 students per school.

3,495
District students
7
Schools
287
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

22%
Reading proficient
32%
Math proficient
5%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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