Coolidge Elementary School, Lansing IL

Original Research by School Decision on Coolidge Elementary School

Coolidge Elementary School is a regular public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Lansing, Illinois, with an enrollment of roughly mid-sized for its grade band. The school sits within Lansing SD 158, a district that has recently undergone substantial rebuilding and now receives more state funding than local property tax revenue, a meaningful shift that has eased the local tax burden.

The school's student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic, with a smaller white population and a very small representation of other groups. Free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility data was not available, and the share of students with IEPs or English learner status was not reported.

On the Illinois Assessment of Readiness administered most recently, Coolidge's proficiency results show a mixed picture across tested grades and subjects. In third grade, reading proficiency stands modestly above math proficiency. Fourth grade shows slightly better results in reading than math, while both subjects decline notably in fifth grade, with math proficiency dropping to a low level. Reading in fifth grade remains more solid. A science test is administered only in fifth grade, where proficiency falls below both math and reading. Students participated at near-complete or full rates, so the results reflect nearly the entire grade cohort.

The school does not serve sixth through eighth grades, so no assessment results are available for those grades. That absence reflects the school's grade structure, not missing data.

The neighborhood context matters. Lansing is a south Cook County bedroom community with postwar suburban character, mixed housing stock, and a small downtown anchor along Ridge Road. The village has recently invested in civic infrastructure through tax increment financing, including the Fox Pointe concert venue. Housing values in the Lansing area are moderate and inventory is available; the rental market is reasonably priced, making this a setting where families with modest to moderate incomes can afford to live.

The district has completed a full cycle of school building renovations, finishing most recently with an expanded early childhood center. It has also adopted a new AI policy and launched a multi-tiered systems of support initiative aimed at providing both academic and behavioral intervention for students. These are structural shifts that should shape how Coolidge delivers instruction and support going forward.

A parent considering Coolidge should understand that the school sits in a community undergoing modest revitalization, serves a student body that is predominantly students of color, and shows proficiency rates well below the midpoint among Cook County districts on state assessments. The decline in test results from fourth to fifth grade suggests a parent may want to look into what happens in that transition and how the school supports students in upper elementary. With no data on special services, a parent should ask directly about learning support, English learner programming, and how the new MTSS framework operates at this school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 33% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 34% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 36%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 48% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 45% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 30% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolLansing SD 158, same grade

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.