Elementary · Illinois
Talala Elementary School
Free meals for allTalala Elementary School, a public elementary school in Park Forest, Illinois: grades k–5, 305 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Crete Monee CUSD 201U.
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
- 305
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.3
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
More students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Smaller than 72% 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%16%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 47% · 1,514 elementary schools compared
141 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%14%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 81% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 32% · 1,679 elementary schools compared
141 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
- Run by
- Crete Monee CUSD 201U
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Crete Monee CUSD 201U.
Location
- Address
- 430 Talala St, Park Forest, IL 60466
- Phone
- (708)367-2560
- City or town
- Park Forest
- County
- Will County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blackhawk Primary CenterFree meals for all | K–3 | 167 | 13.4 | — | — |
Mohawk Primary CenterFree meals for all | K–3 | 283 | 14.4 | 43% | 39% |
21st Century Primary CenterFree meals for all | K–3 | 152 | 10.7 | — | 43% |
Neil Armstrong Elem SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 266 | 13.5 | 24% | 18% |
Matteson Elem SchoolFree meals for all | K–3 | 420 | 14.8 | 29% | 35% |
Coretta Scott King Magnet SchFree meals for all | K–5 | 293 | 13.3 | — | 28% |
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
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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