Hazel Crest School District 152-5

Public Regional · 2 towns Grades PK–8

Elementary and middle schools for Hazel Crest and East Hazel Crest, and parts of Thornton, Harvey and Markham.

At a glance

891Students enrolled

3Schools

2Towns served

$23,696Spent per student

14:1Student–teacher ratio

99%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

Hazel CrestEast Hazel Crest

Grades PK–8

9 schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 8

Prairie-Hills Junior High School or Barack H Obama Learning Academy or Jesse C White Learning AcademyDepends on your addressPrairie-Hills Elementary School District 144

Grades 9–12

7 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThornton Township High School District 205

Grades PK–8

Barack H Obama Learning Academy or Jesse C White Learning AcademyDepends on your addressThis district

Grades 9–12

Thornwood High School or Thornton Township High School or Thornridge High SchoolDepends on your addressThornton Township High School District 205

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs IL

Math proficiency24.5%

State average 25.8% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)

Reading / language arts24.5%

State average 30.7% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)

Graduation rate 88% at Bremen Community High School District 228, which runs the high school (state 87.3%) · class of 2018

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$23,696

per student each year · 10% above the IL average

Spending

Classroom instruction40%

Support & administration56%

Other4%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)26%

State50%

Federal25%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Students

Black · 83%742

Hispanic · 13%114

Two or more races · 3%23

White · 1%6

American Indian/Alaska Native · 1%6

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Towns served

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Hazel Crest13,792 people

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East Hazel Crest1,068 people

Also covers small parts of Thornton, Harvey and Markham.

Schools3 in district · 7 next

This district · grades PK–8

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Barack H Obama Learning AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 466 students · Markham

BPublic 📚

Jesse C White Learning AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 425 students · Hazel Crest

BPublic 📚

Lincoln SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · E Hazel Crest

Public

Where students go next · Bremen Community High School District 228 and Thornton Township High School District 205

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Bremen High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,414 students · Midlothian

C-Public 🏫

Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,100 students · Country Club Hills

DPublic 🏫

Oak Forest High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,329 students · Oak Forest

BPublic 🏫

Thornridge High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 969 students · Dolton

C-Public 🏫

Thornton Township High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,697 students · Harvey

C-Public 🏫

Thornwood High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,843 students · South Holland

C-Public 🏫

Tinley Park High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,042 students · Tinley Park

B-Public

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Nearby districts

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Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233Flossmoor · Homewood · $27,139 per student

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Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5Posen · $24,959 per student

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South Holland School District 151Phoenix · South Holland · $22,617 per student

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Country Club Hills School District 160Country Club Hills · $17,567 per student

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.