Fernway Park Elem School

As an average-sized elementary campus in Orland Park, Illinois, Fernway Park Elem School hosts 461 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Kirby SD 140. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Across the 7 schools in Kirby SD 140 (3,495 students total), Fernway Park Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Fernway Park Elem School logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Fernway Park Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Victor J Andrew High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fernway Park Elem School has showed little movement, going from 467 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 79% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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