Taft Elementary School (Joliet PSD 86 SCH DIST.), Illinois - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Taft Elementary School is a Elementary in Joliet, IL. It currently serves 424 students (grades KG-05). The school is part of the Joliet PSD 86 School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Joliet PSD 86 School District and all schools in Illinois.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:424
Number of Teachers: 19
Student/Teacher Ratio: 22.20

Location Info

Location: 1125 Oregon St, Joliet, IL 60435
Mailing Address: 1125 Oregon St, Joliet, IL 60435-3900
Phone: (815)725-2700
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 67
Grade 2 79
Grade 3 80
Grade 4 63
Grade 5 60
Kindergarten 61
Pre-Kindergarten 14
Gender/Sex of Taft Elementary School Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 231 54.48
Female 193 45.52
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Taft Elementary School Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 0.47
Black or African American 54 12.74
Hispanic/Latino 284 66.98
Two or more races 24 5.66
White 60 14.15
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 0.43
Black or African American 30 12.99
Hispanic/Latino 156 67.53
Two or more races 13 5.63
White 31 13.42
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 0.52
Black or African American 24 12.44
Hispanic/Latino 128 66.32
Two or more races 11 5.70
White 29 15.03

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 11 16.42
Hispanic/Latino 41 61.19
Two or more races 5 7.46
White 10 14.93
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 2.53
Black or African American 8 10.13
Hispanic/Latino 56 70.89
Two or more races 6 7.60
White 7 8.86
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 10 12.50
Hispanic/Latino 49 61.25
Two or more races 5 6.25
White 16 20.00
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 9 14.29
Hispanic/Latino 43 68.25
Two or more races 3 4.76
White 8 12.70
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 7 11.67
Hispanic/Latino 43 71.67
Two or more races 2 3.33
White 8 13.33
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 9 14.75
Hispanic/Latino 40 65.57
Two or more races 3 4.92
White 9 14.75
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 12 85.71
White 2 14.29