Environment
Garfield Elem School — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Garfield Elem School in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
Latest Air Quality Index
43
Good · monitor 11.3 km away
PM2.5 annual7.8 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr0
TRI sites within 1 mi6
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
43
AQI latest — Good
43
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
7.8
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
50.2
Ozone annual ppb
29.0
NO₂ annual ppb
Public Water System
CHICAGO HEIGHTS · PWS IL0310450
0
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
26,184
Population served
4H
Most recent violation type
2025-07-02
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
6
TRI sites within 1 mile
37
TRI sites within 5 miles
10.8 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
ESTECH GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY
0.5 mi
Nearest brownfield
CHICAGO HEIGHTS COAL
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).