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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANSING SD 158·NCES 172202002468
Oak Glen Elementary School
2101 182nd St, Lansing, IL 60438 · (708) 474-1714 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
517 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Oak Glen Elementary School→Memorial Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Lansing SD 158. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
38.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 14.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Oak Glen Elementary School
Oak Glen Elementary School's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Glen Elementary School this school | 526 | 98.3% | 30.2% |
| Barack H Obama Learning Academy Markham | 466 | 99.6% | 10.4% |
| Sullivan Elementary School Chicago | 439 | 96.1% | 14.6% |
| Wentworth Elementary School Chicago | 433 | 97.5% | 10.1% |
| Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School Chicago | 452 | 94.0% | 8.6% |
| CICS - Basil Campus Chicago | 541 | 92.8% | 36.9% |
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 Oak Glen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,267 of 1,925 | #397 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,388 of 2,077 ▲ 40 | #432 of 829 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,407 of 2,077 ▲ 118 | #491 of 829 ▲ 65 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #444 of 2,419 | #222 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,760 of 2,035 | #733 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #961 of 2,042 | #349 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #59 of 2,132 | #39 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #1,241 of 1,461 | #577 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
526
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 405
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 | 526 | 32.5 | 16.2:1 | 98% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 21% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 30.1 | 18.3:1 | 61% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 26 | 21.0:1 | 78% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 60% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Glen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (549 to 526); teachers up 8% (30.1 to 32.5).
About Oak Glen Elementary School
Families in Lansing, Illinois, are served by Oak Glen Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 526 students in kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Lansing SD 158 runs Oak Glen Elementary School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,547 students in total.
Black students are 68% of those enrolled at Oak Glen Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Oak Glen Elementary School has a ratio of 16.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
BeatsExpectations places Oak Glen Elementary School in the top 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 15.4 points above it (30.2% actual, 14.8% predicted).
The school is in Cook County, where the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Oak Glen Elementary School's nearest public school is Memorial Jr High School (about 0.8 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oak Glen Elementary School. Oak Glen Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 525 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 526.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Oak Glen Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Lansing SD 158
- Memorial Jr High SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Coolidge Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Reavis Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Lester Crawl Primary CenterElementary · 135 students
Other schools in Lansing
- Thornton Fractnl So High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Memorial Jr High SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Coolidge Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolElementary · 525 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Reavis Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Jr High School0.8 mi · 854
- Lester Crawl Primary Center1.3 mi · 135
- Thornton Fractnl So High School1.3 mi · 1,803
- Coolidge Elementary School1.8 mi · 670
- Nathan Hale Elementary School1.8 mi · 525
- Heritage Middle School1.8 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Glen Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Glen Elementary School?
Oak Glen Elementary School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Oak Glen Elementary School serve?
Oak Glen Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Glen Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Oak Glen Elementary School.
How diverse is Oak Glen Elementary School?
Oak Glen Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 22% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Glen Elementary School?
Oak Glen Elementary School is overseen by Lansing SD 158 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.