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Oakwood School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 94 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 282 | 45% |
| Grade 1 | 253 | 40% |
School pathway
Schools most like Oakwood School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood School this school | 629 | 14.5% | N/A |
| Ebinger Elementary School Chicago | 693 | 14.7% | 63.4% |
| River Valley School Lemont | 588 | 18.4% | 65.1% |
| Central School Lemont | 591 | 19.0% | 59.4% |
| Westgate Elementary School Arlington Heights | 633 | 14.7% | 65.2% |
| Arnett C Lines Elementary School Barrington | 501 | 14.0% | 74.7% |
Where Oakwood School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #217 of 2,419 | #127 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,747 of 2,035 | #727 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #1,372 of 2,042 | #511 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #2,043 of 2,132 | #773 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #876 of 1,461 | #444 of 661 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 629 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 18% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 792 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 35.5 | 19.9:1 | 16% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 29 | 21.0:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 770 | 32 | 24.1:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 36 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 35 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (706 to 629); teachers up 10% (35.5 to 39).
About Oakwood School
Students in Lemont, Illinois, attend Oakwood School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 1, and the school has 629 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 65% bigger than average.
Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A runs Oakwood School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 2,664 students in total.
Oakwood School enrolls a student body that is 82% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 5% Asian. In Cook County overall, about 44% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Oakwood School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1 at Oakwood School, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 14%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
River Valley School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Oakwood School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Oakwood School had 792 students in 2020-21 and 629 in 2024-25, a 21% decrease.
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- Old Quarry Middle School0.9 mi · 856
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