J M Hannum Elem School

As a reasonably sized primary school in Oak Lawn, Illinois, J M Hannum Elem School educates 410 students from grades K through 5, run under Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123.

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

In terms of who attends, J M Hannum Elem School reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 28% White, 12% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), J M Hannum Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.

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. J M Hannum Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is SD 123 Early Learning Center, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J M Hannum Elem School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J M Hannum Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 420 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 34% to 49% over that span.

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