Oak Elem School

As an average-sized primary school in Hinsdale, Illinois, Oak Elem School enrolls 446 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Hinsdale CCSD 181.

Hinsdale CCSD 181 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,574 students; Oak Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Oak Elem School records that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 16% Asian, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, the surrounding county (DuPage County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Oak Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hinsdale Central High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Oak Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Elem School has climbed 32%, going from 337 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 79% to 67%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.