Longfellow Elem School

Longfellow Elem School, a mid-sized elementary school in Oak Park, Illinois, operated by Oak Park ESD 97, works with 524 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Longfellow Elem School sits 38% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Oak Park ESD 97, which oversees 10 schools and 5,560 students, Longfellow Elem School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Longfellow Elem School logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 14% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Longfellow Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Longfellow Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Longfellow Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 64.4%.

Across the wider county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Longfellow Elem School is one.

Percy Julian Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Longfellow Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Longfellow Elem School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Longfellow Elem School's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 721 (now 524). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Longfellow Elem School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.