Schools · Calumet
Calumet, IL schools
Calumet’s public schools score well below Illinois’s averages: 20% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Calumet’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Calumet’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresCGraduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 18%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (766)Better than 19%
Towns in Cook County (28)Better than 18%
High confidence. Built on 2,427 tested students and a graduating class of 1,389; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Community High School District 218)20%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades 8, Calumet Public School District 132)10%
State average 30.7% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)
Reading (Thornton Township High School District 205)8%
State average 30.7%
Reading (General George Patton School District 133)2.5%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Cook County School District 130)10%
State average 30.7% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)
Math (grades 9–12, Community High School District 218)14%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades 8, Calumet Public School District 132)10%
State average 25.8% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)
Math (Thornton Township High School District 205)7%
State average 25.8%
Math (General George Patton School District 133)2.5%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Cook County School District 130)10%
State average 25.8% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2018
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
1,389
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Five districts serve Calumet
Community High School District 218Grades 9–12 · 4 schools · 5,436 students
$25,321 per studentIL $21,567CCalumet Public School District 132Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 895 students
$18,349 per studentIL $21,567Thornton Township High School District 205Grades 9–12 · 5 schools · 4,509 students
$34,660 per studentIL $21,567DGeneral George Patton School District 133Grades PK–8 · 1 school · 184 students
$32,229 per studentIL $21,567D-Cook County School District 130Grades PK–8 · 12 schools · 2,950 students
$22,624 per studentIL $21,567Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 8 schools in Calumet
Level
Showing 1–8 of 8 schools
Lincoln Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 342 students
D-PublicPaul Revere Primary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 318 students
D-PublicBurr Oak Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 290 students
BPublicBurr Oak AcademyElementary · Grades PK–2 · 289 students
PublicGen George Patton Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 184 students
D-PublicPaul Revere Intermediate SchoolElementary · Grades 4–5 · 180 students
D-PublicSt. Walter St. Benedict Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 109 students
PrivateCalumet Elem SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 316 students
BPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.