Oakwood School

Oakwood School is a big primary school in Lemont, Illinois, run under Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A. The school teaches 629 students in grades pre-K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 65% above the state mean of about 381.

Across the 4 schools in Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A (2,664 students total), Oakwood School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oakwood School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Oakwood School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Oakwood School higher than the state norm the norm. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Oakwood School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: River Valley School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oakwood School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 706 students in 2018 compared to 629 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 11% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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