Hometown Elem School

Hometown Elem School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Hometown, Illinois, part of Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123. Current enrollment sits at 338 students spanning grades K through 5.

Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,395 students; Hometown Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hometown Elem School records that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 26% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hometown Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.9%; actual is 46.1%, +14.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Hometown Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Durkin Park Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hometown Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hometown Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 50% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.