📍 4435 S Churchill Dr, Richton Park, Cook County, 60471
Sauk Elem School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Richton Park, Cook County. The school has 280 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jorge Valdez. It is part of the Matteson ESD 162 school district. It serves grades 4–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sauk Elem School enrolls 280 students across grades 4–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 23.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Black or African American, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 242 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.9% |
| White | 7 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
235 of the school's 280 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sauk Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-20, state senate district 19, state house district 38.
Sauk Elem School is one of 7 schools in Matteson ESD 162, based in Richton Park, Illinois. The district serves 2,405 students district-wide and employs 194 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 280 students, Sauk Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 344 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large