Steger School District 194

Public Regional · 2 towns Grades PK–8 DSchool Grade

Elementary and middle schools for Steger and South Chicago Heights, and parts of Bloom, Chicago Heights, Crete, Park Forest, Sauk Village and Crete.

At a glance

1,507Students enrolled

3Schools

2Towns served

$18,960Spent per student

16:1Student–teacher ratio

60%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

StegerSouth Chicago Heights

Grades PK–1

Steger Primary Center396 students · South Chicago HeightsThis district

Grades 2–4

Steger Intermediate Center465 students · StegerThis district

Grades 5–8

Columbia Central School646 students · StegerThis 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 listThis district

Grades 5

10 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 6–8

Chicago Heights Middle School or Columbia Central SchoolDepends on your addressChicago Heights School District 170

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 proficiency5%

State average 25.8%

Reading / language arts13%

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

$18,960

per student each year · 12% below the IL average

Spending

Classroom instruction54%

Support & administration42%

Other4%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)33%

State54%

Federal13%

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

Enrollment · last 5 years

1,403’20

1,452’21

1,415’22

1,439’23

1,507’24

Students

Hispanic · 42%634

Black · 32%478

White · 16%248

Two or more races · 9%140

Asian · 0%5

American Indian/Alaska Native · 0%1

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

Towns served

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Steger9,418 people

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South Chicago Heights3,907 people

Also covers small parts of Bloom, Chicago Heights, Crete, Park Forest, Sauk Village and Crete.

Schools3 in district · 2 next

This district · grades PK–8

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Steger Intermediate CenterElementary · Grades 2–4 · 465 students · Steger

DPublic 📚

Steger Primary CenterElementary · Grades PK–1 · 396 students · South Chicago Heights

Public 📚

Columbia Central SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 646 students · Steger

CPublic

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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Rich Township High School District 227Matteson · Olympia Fields · Rich + 2 more · $38,455 per student

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Matteson Elementary School District 162Matteson · Olympia Fields · Rich + 1 more · $20,488 per student

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

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Elementary School District 159Matteson · Rich · Richton Park · $27,813 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.