Harnew Elem School

Harnew Elem School operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Oak Lawn, Illinois, one of the schools within Ridgeland SD 122. Current enrollment sits at 512 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

Harnew Elem School is one of 5 schools operated by Ridgeland SD 122, a district that teaches 2,394 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Harnew Elem School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 43% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, On paper, Harnew Elem School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harnew Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 48.6%, a residual of +12.0 points.

In the area at large, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Harnew Elem School is one.

Oak Lawn Comm High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harnew Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Harnew Elem School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 512). White enrollment moved from 64% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Harnew Elem School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.