Abraham Lincoln Elem School

Abraham Lincoln Elem School is an elementary school of big scale in Oak Park, Illinois, overseen by Oak Park ESD 97, enrolling 580 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 52% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Oak Park ESD 97, which oversees 10 schools and 5,560 students, Abraham Lincoln Elem School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Abraham Lincoln Elem School records that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Abraham Lincoln Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Abraham Lincoln Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 65.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Abraham Lincoln Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Oak School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Abraham Lincoln Elem School. On composite proficiency, Abraham Lincoln Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 687 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 59% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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