Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA EAST USD 131·NCES 170468000153
Oak Park Elementary School
1200 Front St, Aurora, IL 60505 · (630) 299-8250 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
238 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.4pp since 2023
Math
14.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.5% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 7.1% | 1.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Park Elementary School
Oak Park Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Elementary School this school | 353 | 67.4% | 16.5% |
| L D Brady Elementary School Aurora | 310 | 67.7% | 10.9% |
| Drexel Elementary School Cicero | 396 | 71.2% | 29.4% |
| Grimes Elementary School Chicago | 368 | 72.0% | 41.3% |
| Scott Elementary School Melrose Park | 385 | 66.0% | 27.7% |
| Turner Elementary School West Chicago | 349 | 70.5% | 32.5% |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #1,715 of 1,925 | #61 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,740 of 2,077 ▲ 285 | #71 of 83 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #1,796 of 2,077 ▲ 213 | #66 of 83 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,245 of 2,419 | #72 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,326 of 2,035 | #42 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #2,011 of 2,042 | #86 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #800 of 2,132 | #20 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.4% | #66 of 1,461 | #3 of 51 |
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
353
+28 (+9%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 615
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 | 353 | 24.7 | 14.3:1 | 67% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 24.5 | 14.4:1 | 69% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 24.5 | 14.1:1 | 76% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 75% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 65% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 73% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 41 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 32 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (573 to 353); teachers down 23% (32 to 24.7).
About Oak Park Elementary School
At 1200 Front St in Aurora, Illinois, Oak Park Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 353 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Aurora East USD 131 enrolls 12,187 students, and its 18 schools include Oak Park Elementary School.
The large majority of students at Oak Park Elementary School, 98%, are Hispanic. The school's Hispanic share is 64 points above the 33% share among Kane County residents. Oak Park Elementary School has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Oak Park Elementary School is 67%. Among public schools in Kane County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 32.6%. Oak Park Elementary School posts 16.5%, 16.1 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Kane County (population about 517,255), median household income is about $103,163, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 167 public schools operate in Kane County, serving about 87,252 students.
Henry W Cowherd Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Oak Park Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Oak Park Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Oak Park Elementary School had 325 students in 2020-21 and 353 in 2024-25, a 9% rise.
Community posts for Oak Park Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora East USD 131
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- Henry W Cowherd Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- C F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- K D Waldo Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Olney C Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- C M Bardwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Other Oak Park Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Park Elementary. Oak Park Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 678 students
- Oak Park ElementarySan Diego, CA · 545 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolLansdale, PA · 526 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolDecatur, AL · 481 students
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTITUSVILLE, FL · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Henry W Cowherd Middle School0.3 mi · 807
- Edna Rollins Elementary School0.6 mi · 508
- L D Brady Elementary School0.8 mi · 310
- C I Johnson Elementary School0.9 mi · 269
- W S Beaupre Elementary School1.0 mi · 226
- C F Simmons Middle School1.0 mi · 792
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oak Park Elementary School serve?
Oak Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Oak Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Oak Park Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School is overseen by Aurora East USD 131 in Kane County.
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