J Covington Elem School

J Covington Elem School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Oak Lawn, Illinois, operated by Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123, with 470 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

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

On the student-mix side, J Covington Elem School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school lists 35% White, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, J Covington Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. J Covington Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oak Lawn Comm High School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J Covington Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J Covington Elem School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J Covington Elem School has increased 5%, going from 449 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 41% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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