Horace Mann Elem School

Located at 921 N Kenilworth Ave, in Oak Park, Illinois, Horace Mann Elem School is a medium-sized elementary-level community that teaches 419 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Oak Park ESD 97.

Horace Mann Elem School is one of 10 schools operated by Oak Park ESD 97, a district that instructs 5,560 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Horace Mann Elem School reports that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Horace Mann Elem School logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Horace Mann Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.0%, the actual is 81.8%, a residual of +12.7 points.

In the area at large, Cook County reports that 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), Horace Mann Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oliver W Holmes Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Horace Mann Elem School. On composite proficiency, Horace Mann Elem School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.

Horace Mann Elem School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025.

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