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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK PARK ESD 97·NCES 172925003062
Horace Mann Elementary School
921 N Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302 · (708) 524-3082 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
18 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
81.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
84.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.3% | 84.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 70.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Horace Mann Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Elementary School this school | 419 | 4.3% | 81.8% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Jackson Elementary School Elmhurst | 422 | 5.9% | 75.2% |
| Emerson Elementary School Elmhurst | 429 | 9.8% | 75.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Elmhurst | 527 | 4.4% | 81.8% |
| Whittier Elementary School Wheaton | 433 | 9.5% | 74.1% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Horace Mann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #21 of 1,925 | #9 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #39 of 2,077 ▲ 8 | #19 of 829 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #115 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #52 of 829 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #913 of 2,419 | #394 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,112 of 2,035 | #498 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #727 of 2,042 | #256 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #2,125 of 2,132 | #803 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #728 of 1,461 | #387 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
419
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 419 | 30.7 | 13.7:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 30.8 | 13.7:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 34.8 | 11.6:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 33.8 | 14.4:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 35 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (485 to 419); teachers down 9% (33.8 to 30.7).
About Horace Mann Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Oak Park, Illinois. Enrollment totals 419 students across kindergarten through 5.
Oak Park ESD 97 enrolls 5,560 students, and its 10 schools include Horace Mann Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Horace Mann Elementary School, about 64 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Horace Mann Elementary School scores 56%.
Horace Mann Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher, from 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Horace Mann Elementary School, 4% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 62 points higher.
Horace Mann Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 81.8% and a predicted 69.0%.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Oliver W Holmes Elementary School is the nearest public school to Horace Mann Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 54.5% proficiency; Horace Mann Elementary School posts 81.8%.
The NCES locale for Horace Mann Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oak Park ESD 97
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
Other schools in Oak Park
- Oak Park & River Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,307 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other Horace Mann Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 24.
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 978 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 870 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryGlendale, CA · 672 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBeverly Hills, CA · 578 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryHuntington, IN · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary School0.5 mi · 513
- Sayre Elementary Language Academy0.8 mi · 377
- William Hatch Elementary School0.8 mi · 358
- Whittier Elementary School0.9 mi · 386
- Willard Elementary School1.0 mi · 327
- Oak Park & River Forest High School1.0 mi · 3,307
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Horace Mann Elementary School?
Horace Mann Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Horace Mann Elementary School serve?
Horace Mann Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Horace Mann Elementary School?
Horace Mann Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Horace Mann Elementary School in?
Horace Mann Elementary School is part of Oak Park ESD 97.
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