Nob Hill Elem School, Country Club Hills IL

Original Research by School Decision on Nob Hill Elem School

Nob Hill Elementary is a small public elementary school in Country Club Hills serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly Black, with smaller populations of Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, and White students, and it sits in a south suburban residential setting where most families are homeowners.

The school's test results point to serious academic challenges across subjects and grade levels. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from low to moderate: third grade shows roughly one-third of students proficient, fourth grade performs better at around half, but fifth grade drops to under a fifth. Math proficiency is more consistently weak across the school, with third grade near one-third proficient, fourth grade under one-fifth, and fifth grade under five percent proficient. The sole science result available, in fifth grade, shows just over eight percent proficiency. Students are participating fully in state assessments. When placed against other schools in Cook County, Nob Hill's overall proficiency rate sits in the bottom quartile of schools county-wide. A parent may want to look into this further with the school: what supports exist for students who are not proficient, what instructional changes are underway, and whether there are factors affecting these particular cohorts.

The school is part of Prairie-Hills Educational Service District 144, which recently opened a STEAM-themed elementary academy in Markham as another option for families in the district. Nob Hill itself appears to be a traditional, neighborhood-based elementary school without a specialized focus. No data was available on the school's free or reduced-price lunch rate, chronic absenteeism, enrollment trends, or staffing. The school's website was also not located, so information about its specific programs, after-school offerings, or parent involvement structures is not available here.

Country Club Hills itself is a flat, car-dependent residential suburb south of Chicago with aging mid-century housing, parks integrated into neighborhoods, and commercial activity concentrated along arterial roads. The city has had stable population for two decades but has invested in capital improvements through a municipal bond program. Home values are modest, and residents work mainly in health care, retail, and transportation. The area is served by local schools dispersed through residential neighborhoods rather than clustered downtown. A parent considering Nob Hill should weigh the school's current academic standing against whether the neighborhood fits your family's needs, what additional support or curriculum options the district offers, and what role the school's composition plays in your decision-making.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 24% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 416%

School 16% · District 17% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 54%

School 4% · District 8% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 21% · ▲ 14 pts above district

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

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 36% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 22% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Science

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 11% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

This schoolPrairie-Hills ESD 144, 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.