Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch

Located at 5345 W 99th St, in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch is a heavily attended junior high that hosts 1,090 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 136% bigger than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 (3,395 students total), Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch reports that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.6%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Sward Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 44.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,086 students in 2018 to 1,090 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 37% across the same window.

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