Elementary · Illinois

M J Cunningham Elem Sch

Free meals for all

M J Cunningham Elem Sch, a public elementary school in Joliet, Illinois: grades k–5, 484 students, 14.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Joliet PSD 86.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
484
Teachers (FTE)
33.4
Students per teacher
14.5
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 74% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared

Larger than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

22%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 85% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 47% · 1,514 elementary schools compared

232 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Illinois: 39%

20%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 71% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 32% · 1,679 elementary schools compared

233 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Joliet PSD 86.

Location

Address
500 Moran St, Joliet, IL 60435
Phone
(815)723-0169
City or town
Joliet

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Farragut Elem SchoolFree meals for all
K–556816.819%11%
Taft Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–542420.034%26%
Chaney-Monge SchoolFree meals for all
K–8479—24%14%
Sator Sanchez Elem SchoolFree meals for all
K–563512.720%9.8%
Pershing Elem SchoolFree meals for all
K–562119.027%12%
Lynne Thigpen Elem SchoolFree meals for all
K–562015.423%15%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 172058002325