Joliet PSD 86
Public school district based in Joliet, Illinois. NCES district ID 1720580; state ID IL-56-099-0860-05.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
22
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
9,333
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
658.8
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
14.2
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 342 | |
| Kindergarten | 895 | |
| Grade 1 | 927 | |
| Grade 2 | 977 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,075 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,079 | |
| Grade 5 | 973 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,034 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,025 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,006 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 0.2% | |
| Black or African American | 18.4% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 70.7% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.0% | |
| Two or more races | 3.8% | |
| White | 7.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 22.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hufford Junior High School Joliet | 6–8 | Regular | 1,072 | 81.3 | 13.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm Joliet | 6–8 | Regular | 724 | 51.0 | 14.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Dirksen Junior High School Joliet | 6–8 | Regular | 653 | 46.3 | 14.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Sator Sanchez Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 635 | 50.0 | 12.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Pershing Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 621 | 32.7 | 19 | Suburb: Large |
| Lynne Thigpen Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 620 | 40.4 | 15.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Gompers Junior High School Joliet | 6–8 | Regular | 615 | 61.0 | 10.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Farragut Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 568 | 33.8 | 16.8 | Suburb: Large |
| M J Cunningham Elem Sch Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 484 | 33.4 | 14.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Taft Elementary School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 424 | 21.3 | 20 | Suburb: Large |
| Edna Keith Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 402 | 25.1 | 16 | Suburb: Large |
| T E Culbertson Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 377 | 15.5 | 24.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 371 | 19.8 | 18.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Woodland Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 368 | 21.5 | 17.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Isaac Singleton Elem Sch Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 304 | 30.5 | 10 | Suburb: Large |
| Forest Park Individual Ed School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 263 | 14.5 | 18.1 | Suburb: Large |
| A O Marshall Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 246 | 18.3 | 13.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Thomas Jefferson Elem School Joliet | K–5 | Regular | 235 | 27.7 | 8.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Eisenhower Academy Joliet | 1–5 | Regular | 209 | 13.0 | 16.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Marycrest Early Childhood Center Joliet | PK | Regular | 142 | 22.0 | 6.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Thompson Instructional Center Joliet | K–8 | Alternative | 0 | 0.3 | — | Suburb: Large |
| Will Co Detention Center 6-8 Joliet | 6–8 | Alternative | 0 | 0.0 | — | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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