Chicago Heights School District 170

Public Regional · 2 towns Grades PK–8 C-School Grade

Elementary and middle schools for Chicago Heights and South Chicago Heights, and parts of Bloom.

At a glance

2,674Students enrolled

11Schools

2Towns served

$23,476Spent per student

13:1Student–teacher ratio

96%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

Chicago HeightsSouth Chicago Heights

Grades PK–5

9 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 6–8

Chicago Heights Middle School872 students · Chicago HtsThis district

Grades 9–12

Bloom High School or Bloom Trail High SchoolDepends on your addressBloom Township High School District 206

Grades PK–5

10 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the listSteger School District 194

Grades 5

10 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the listSteger School District 194

Grades 6–8

Chicago Heights Middle School or Columbia Central SchoolDepends on your addressThis district

Grades 9–12

Bloom High School or Bloom Trail High SchoolDepends on your addressBloom Township High School District 206

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 proficiency9%

State average 25.8%

Reading / language arts21%

State average 30.7%

Graduation rate 82% at Bloom Township High School District 206, 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

$23,476

per student each year · 9% above the IL average

Spending

Classroom instruction49%

Support & administration46%

Other4%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)22%

State58%

Federal20%

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

Enrollment · last 5 years

2,690’20

2,690’21

2,715’22

2,655’23

2,674’24

Students

Hispanic · 66%1,778

Black · 30%798

White · 3%74

Two or more races · 1%19

Asian · 0%3

American Indian/Alaska Native · 0%2

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

Towns served

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Chicago Heights26,736 people

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South Chicago Heights3,907 people · Grades PK–5 at Steger Primary Center or Roosevelt Elem School and others

Also covers small parts of Bloom.

Schools11 in district · 2 next

This district · grades PK–8

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Roosevelt Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 353 students · Chicago Heights

CPublic 📚

Washington-McKinley Elem SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 286 students · Chicago Heights

CPublic 📚

Garfield Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 248 students · Chicago Heights

C-Public 📚

Kennedy Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 193 students · Chicago Heights

CPublic 📚

Greenbriar Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 174 students · Chicago Heights

B-Public 📚

Wilson Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 160 students · Chicago Heights

C-Public 📚

Jefferson Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 157 students · Chicago Heights

B-Public 📚

U S Grant Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 147 students · South Chicago Heights

C+Public 📚

Lincoln Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 84 students · Chicago Heights

B-Public 📚

Chicago Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 872 students · Chicago Hts

C+Public 📚

Highland SchoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · Chicago Heights

Public

Where students go next · Bloom Township High School District 206

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Bloom High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,823 students · Chicago Heights

C-Public 🏫

Bloom Trail High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,218 students · Chicago Heights

CPublic

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

Nearby districts

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Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-UCrete · Crete · Park Forest · $23,596 per student

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

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Rich Township High School District 227Olympia Fields · Park Forest · Rich · $38,455 per student

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Flossmoor School District 161Flossmoor · $19,241 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.