Hazelgreen Elem School, Alsip IL

Original Research by School Decision on Hazelgreen Elem School

Hazelgreen Elementary School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Alsip, a southwest Cook County village with a long industrial base and a car-oriented residential character. The school enrolls a small to mid-sized population drawn from a diverse community: roughly equal numbers of Hispanic and white students, a substantial Black population, and smaller groups from other backgrounds.

The academic picture is mixed. In English language arts, the school shows wider variation by grade. Third, fourth, and fifth graders cluster in the low-to-moderate range for proficiency, while sixth graders show markedly stronger performance. In mathematics across grades three through six, proficiency rates fall consistently in the low-to-moderate range, with fourth grade performing slightly higher than adjacent grades. Science proficiency, tested only in fifth grade, is similarly positioned in the lower-to-moderate band. All tested grades show full participation in state assessments.

Compared to other districts in Cook County, Hazelgreen's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint among the county's districts. This means the school's combined performance across tested subjects and grades ranks lower than the county median. A parent may want to look further into what supports the school has in place for students working below grade-level benchmarks, and what interventions are available in reading and math.

The school is situated in a residential area where single-family homes, apartments, and rental properties are mixed with industrial parks and commercial corridors. Housing values and rents in the 60803 zip code are moderate for the region. The market has seen steady activity, with new listings and supply modestly elevated but demand cooler than a year ago.

No data was available on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, or English learner status, so the full economic and language profile of the student body remains unclear. The district brief found no parent-relevant changes in recent years, suggesting relative stability in school operations. State testing criteria changed for the year measured, so year-to-year comparison is limited.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 36% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 35% · ▲ 2 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 23% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 19% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 49% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 47%

even with state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 55% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 682%

School 82% · District 58% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 31% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.