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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Palos West Elementary School, Palos Park, IL

Palos West Elementary School is a public elementary school in Palos Park, part of Palos CCSD 118 School District. It enrolled 700 students in 2024-25, with 14.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
700
Teachers (FTE)
50.0
Students per teacher
14.0
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.7. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.0
District13.7
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
12700 S 104th Ave, Palos Park, IL 60464
Phone
(708)448-6888
District
Palos CCSD 118 School District
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
173060003182
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
24334.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Palos CCSD 118 School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.