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What's the most underrated thing about Oakdale Elem School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKEGAN CUSD 60·NCES 174125004137
Oakdale Elementary School
2230 N McAree Rd, Waukegan, IL 60087 · (224) 303-1860 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
336 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 89 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
16.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
10.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.1% | 10.4% |
| 2023-24 | 14.5% | 6.7% |
% 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
12.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School's state test result (12.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale Elementary School this school | 505 | 66.5% | 12.3% |
| Hill Elementary School Aurora | 511 | 66.3% | 14.6% |
| CICS - Irving Park Campus Chicago | 453 | 68.0% | 38.9% |
| Edna Rollins Elementary School Aurora | 508 | 69.5% | 14.8% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School Elgin | 509 | 68.0% | 26.8% |
| McAuliffe Elementary School Chicago | 523 | 66.3% | 18.2% |
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 Oakdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #1,834 of 1,925 | #64 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #1,884 of 2,077 ▼ 108 | #94 of 102 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,995 of 2,077 ▼ 212 | #94 of 102 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #537 of 2,419 | #28 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,952 of 2,035 | #113 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #1,357 of 2,042 | #96 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #828 of 2,132 | #30 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #1,181 of 1,461 | #56 of 71 |
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
505
+75 (+17%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 570
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 | 505 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 67% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 20 | 23.3:1 | 75% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 64% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 64% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 53% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 74% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 29 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 22 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (533 to 505); teachers unchanged (27 to 27).
About Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Waukegan, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 505 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 33% higher.
The 22 schools of Waukegan CUSD 60, including Oakdale Elementary School, enroll 13,640 students.
Oakdale Elementary School is 82% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 11% Black, 3% White, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all Lake County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.
On staff are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 67% of students at Oakdale Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lake County average 54%.
Oakdale Elementary School scores 20.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 12.3% actual versus 33.1% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Lake County, the median household earns about $110,416 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Lake County has 214 public schools with about 118,032 students, including Oakdale Elementary School.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Early Learning Center, is the closest to Oakdale Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oakdale Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 12.3% is below the 27.9% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Oakdale Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 75 students, from 430 to 505.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Oakdale Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waukegan CUSD 60
- Waukegan High SchoolHigh · 4,186 students
- John R Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Miguel Juarez Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Robert E Abbott Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Carman-Buckner Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
Other schools in Waukegan
- Waukegan High SchoolHigh · 4,186 students
- John R Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Miguel Juarez Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Robert E Abbott Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- LEARN John Kathy Schreiber ChrtrElementary · 519 students
Other Oakdale Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakdale Elementary. Oakdale Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 14.
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolNormal, IL · 386 students
- Oakdale ElementaryIjamsville, MD · 1,167 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 710 students
- Oakdale ElementaryBrandon, MS · 566 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolOakdale, LA · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 221
- Clearview Elementary School0.8 mi · 404
- Little Fort Elementary School0.9 mi · 421
- Jack Benny Middle School1.1 mi · 475
- H R McCall Elementary School1.2 mi · 396
- Spaulding Elementary School1.2 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Oakdale Elementary SchoolHow large is Oakdale Elementary School?
Oakdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oakdale Elementary School serve?
Oakdale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oakdale Elementary School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Oakdale Elementary School.
How diverse is Oakdale Elementary School?
Oakdale Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Oakdale Elementary School in?
Oakdale Elementary School is part of Waukegan CUSD 60.
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