Is Scott Elementary School a good school?

Scott Elementary School ranks in the bottom 22.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Scott Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 399 students attended Scott Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Scott Elementary School?

Students at Scott Elementary School are 89% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Scott Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Scott Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Mannheim Middle School High : West Leyden High School

Scott Elementary School

Summary:

Scott Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Melrose Park, Illinois, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 377 students. The school is part of the Mannheim School District 83, which is ranked 658 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Scott Elementary School consistently performs below the state and district averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 18.5% of all students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district's 31.7% and the state's 41.2%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 12%, while the district and state had 14.2% and 28.4%, respectively. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, ranking in the bottom quartile of Illinois elementary schools for Hispanic students, English Language Learners, Special Education students, and Disabled students in both ELA and Mathematics. In contrast, the school's performance for White students is relatively better, ranking in the middle quartile. Additionally, Scott Elementary School has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 22.5% of students chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly higher than the state average of 17.1%.

When compared to other nearby schools, such as Westdale Elementary School and Roy Elementary School, which are also part of the Mannheim School District 83, Scott Elementary School generally performs worse academically. The school's performance has also been inconsistent over the years, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between the 1,037th and 1,722nd position among Illinois elementary schools from 2014-2015 to 2023-2024. Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending ($20,127 in 2022-2023) and low student-teacher ratio (10.1 in 2022-2023), the academic underperformance suggests that other factors, such as instructional practices, curriculum, and school climate, may play a more significant role.

Detail:

Public K-5

2250 Scott St
Melrose Park, IL 60164-2008

(847) 455-4818

District: Mannheim School District 83

SchoolDigger Rank:
1595^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,534

Students who attend Scott Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Mannheim Middle School
High:	West Leyden High School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.6

Number of students: 399

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.5%

White:

6.3%

African American:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 69.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Scott Elementary School ranks worse than 77.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Mannheim School District 83. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.98. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (89.5%), White (6.3%), African American (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 69.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Mannheim School District 83. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Scott Elementary School is 9.6, which is the 2^nd best among 3 elementary schools in the Mannheim School District 83. (See more...)

Compare Scott Elementary School employs 41.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Scott Elementary School is $22,534, which is the 2^nd highest among 3 elementary schools in the Mannheim School District 83.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Scott Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Scott Elementary School 1595^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Scott Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

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Disabled students:

Male students:

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Mannheim School District 83:

SchoolDigger ranks Mannheim School District 83 658^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Scott Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	48.65	1240^th	2020	38.6%
2004	39.66	1416^th	2030	30.2%
2005	36.92	1462^nd	2022	27.7%
2006	49.70	1316^th	2086	36.9%
2007	54.30	1219^th	2095	41.8%
2008	51.51	1241^st	2092	40.7%
2009	55.01	1150^th	2120	45.8%
2010	54.33	1183^rd	2139	44.7%
2011	32.89	1597^th	2147	25.6%
2012	30.88	1661^st	2166	23.3%
2013	23.80	1723^rd	2167	20.5%
2014	39.44	1331^st	2093	36.4%
2015	19.31	1722^nd	2052	16.1%
2016	27.90	1486^th	2046	27.4%
2017	25.38	1538^th	2044	24.8%
2018	31.68	1383^rd	2037	32.1%
2019	33.96	1346^th	2086	35.5%
2021	40.93	1037^th	1948	46.8%
2022	29.35	1416^th	2082	32.0%
2023	26.18	1493^rd	2077	28.1%
2024	22.98	1595^th	2067	22.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.82	383^rd	718	46.7%
2019	46.32	352^nd	743	52.6%
2021	51.32	163^rd	537	69.6%
2022	30.70	615^th	768	19.9%
2023	28.53	662^nd	788	16.0%
2024	32.82	593^rd	826	28.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	33.33	765^th	1194	35.9%
2022	25.41	906^th	1113	18.6%
2023	16.85	1133^rd	1156	2.0%
2024	16.05	1145^th	1195	4.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.28	1076^th	1765	39.0%
2019	46.44	926^th	1816	49.0%
2021	59.49	423^rd	1514	72.1%
2022	43.57	939^th	1763	46.7%
2023	39.16	1071^st	1808	40.8%
2024	33.93	1214^th	1793	32.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.68	1245^th	1964	36.6%
2019	34.94	1277^th	2019	36.8%
2021	48.99	771^st	1680	54.1%
2022	25.93	1424^th	1970	27.7%
2023	27.58	1381^st	1957	29.4%
2024	19.29	1617^th	1942	16.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	18.95	887^th	907	2.2%
2024	20.41	813^th	886	8.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.77	1386^th	1972	29.7%
2019	33.08	1329^th	2019	34.2%
2021	23.75	1306^th	1707	23.5%
2022	33.93	1225^th	1977	38.0%
2023	25.74	1434^th	1984	27.7%
2024	29.37	1331^st	1959	32.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.78	551^st	938	41.3%
2019	38.24	589^th	955	38.3%
2021	50.65	281^st	742	62.1%
2022	32.89	645^th	954	32.4%
2023	29.77	714^th	970	26.4%
2024	30.33	688^th	959	28.3%

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Rank History for White students at Scott Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	32.90	1021^st	1463	30.2%
2019	62.74	498^th	1462	65.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Scott Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	265	3	14	259	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	541
1989	261	3	8	274	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	546
1990	262	9	9	289	1	n/a	n/a	0	570
1991	275	6	10	319	0	n/a	n/a	0	610
1992	277	6	10	367	0	n/a	n/a	0	660
1993	295	11	10	325	0	n/a	n/a	0	641
1994	267	6	12	314	0	n/a	n/a	0	599
1995	285	10	7	394	1	n/a	n/a	0	697
1996	285	10	7	394	1	n/a	n/a	0	697
1997	290	13	8	429	0	n/a	n/a	0	740
1998	258	8	8	411	0	n/a	n/a	0	685
1999	229	8	12	434	0	n/a	n/a	0	683
2000	209	8	14	469	0	n/a	n/a	0	700
2001	200	19	21	474	0	n/a	n/a	0	714
2002	172	12	23	515	0	n/a	n/a	0	722
2003	172	12	23	515	0	n/a	n/a	0	722
2004	165	18	22	486	0	n/a	n/a	0	691
2005	138	11	17	377	0	n/a	n/a	2	545
2006	129	8	20	389	0	n/a	n/a	13	559
2007	114	5	16	371	0	n/a	n/a	30	536
2008	106	6	18	407	0	n/a	n/a	26	563
2009	76	6	10	350	0	n/a	n/a	28	470
2010	99	4	16	407	0	n/a	n/a	31	557
2011	77	5	0	431	0	11	2	0	526
2012	91	5	2	403	1	9	4	0	515
2013	101	8	5	412	0	5	2	0	533
2014	88	3	3	404	0	3	3	0	504
2015	73	5	4	376	1	1	5	0	465
2016	70	8	5	384	3	1	2	0	473
2017	72	7	7	372	3	0	6	0	467
2018	62	11	9	352	4	0	1	0	439
2019	48	11	7	350	5	0	3	0	424
2020	46	7	7	360	2	0	3	0	425
2021	39	8	5	353	2	0	4	0	411
2022	34	9	6	329	2	0	1	0	381
2023	31	9	7	326	2	0	2	0	377
2024	25	9	6	357	1	0	1	0	399

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Scott Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	541	37.5	14.4	n/a
1989	546	40.0	13.6	n/a
1990	570	42.0	13.5	n/a
1991	610	40.5	15.0	n/a
1992	660	40.0	16.5	n/a
1993	641	41.0	15.6	n/a
1994	599	34.8	17.2	n/a
1995	697	42.8	16.3	n/a
1996	697	42.8	16.3	n/a
1997	740	43.8	16.9	n/a
1998	685	42.0	16.3	n/a
1999	683	41.7	16.4	n/a
2000	700	41.8	16.7	n/a
2001	714	41.0	17.4	n/a
2002	722	43.2	16.7	36.4
2003	722	43.2	16.7	36.4
2004	691	40.0	17.3	44.3
2005	545	34.6	15.8	47.9
2006	559	36.0	15.5	48.5
2007	536	36.0	14.9	60.3
2008	563	32.0	17.6	59.2
2009	470	39.0	12.1	75.3
2010	557	39.0	14.2	66.3
2011	526	42.1	12.4	73.4
2012	515	41.0	12.5	74.6
2013	533	54.1	9.8	82.9
2014	504	43.0	11.7	84.9
2015	465	36.0	12.9	84.9
2016	473	38.0	12.4	81.6
2017	467	43.1	10.8	79.7
2018	439	40.1	10.9	59.7
2019	424	38.0	11.1	65.3
2020	425	40.8	10.4	69.2
2021	411	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	381	39.4	9.6	65.1
2023	377	37.2	10.1	60.2
2024	399	41.3	9.6	69.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Scott Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	541	37.5	14.4	n/a
1989	546	40.0	13.6	n/a
1990	570	42.0	13.5	n/a
1991	610	40.5	15.0	n/a
1992	660	40.0	16.5	n/a
1993	641	41.0	15.6	n/a
1994	599	34.8	17.2	n/a
1995	697	42.8	16.3	n/a
1996	697	42.8	16.3	n/a
1997	740	43.8	16.9	n/a
1998	685	42.0	16.3	n/a
1999	683	41.7	16.4	n/a
2000	700	41.8	16.7	n/a
2001	714	41.0	17.4	n/a
2002	722	43.2	16.7	36.4
2003	722	43.2	16.7	36.4
2004	691	40.0	17.3	44.3
2005	545	34.6	15.8	47.9
2006	559	36.0	15.5	48.5
2007	536	36.0	14.9	60.3
2008	563	32.0	17.6	59.2
2009	470	39.0	12.1	75.3
2010	557	39.0	14.2	66.3
2011	526	42.1	12.4	73.4
2012	515	41.0	12.5	74.6
2013	533	54.1	9.8	82.9
2014	504	43.0	11.7	84.9
2015	465	36.0	12.9	84.9
2016	473	38.0	12.4	81.6
2017	467	43.1	10.8	79.7
2018	439	40.1	10.9	59.7
2019	424	38.0	11.1	65.3
2020	425	40.8	10.4	69.2
2021	411	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	381	39.4	9.6	65.1
2023	377	37.2	10.1	60.2
2024	399	41.3	9.6	69.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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