Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK PARK ESD 97·NCES 172925003069
William Hatch Elementary School
1000 N Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302 · (708) 524-3095 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
65 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.7pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +22.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 44.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 William Hatch Elementary School
William Hatch Elementary School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hatch Elementary School this school | 358 | 18.2% | 63.5% |
| Whittier Elementary School Oak Park | 386 | 20.7% | 65.9% |
| William Beye Elementary School Oak Park | 397 | 17.6% | 67.0% |
| Wingate Elementary School Shiloh | 424 | 16.5% | 67.0% |
| Willard Elementary School Evanston | 355 | 22.5% | 60.1% |
| Hunt Club Elementary School Oswego | 357 | 17.4% | 44.3% |
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 William Hatch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #241 of 1,925 | #82 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #289 of 2,077 ▲ 157 | #100 of 829 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #379 of 2,077 ▲ 224 | #137 of 829 ▲ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #1,222 of 2,419 | #503 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #957 of 2,035 | #442 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #251 of 2,042 | #104 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #1,991 of 2,132 | #752 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #1,261 of 1,461 | #584 of 661 |
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
358
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 378
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 | 358 | 27.2 | 13.2:1 | 18% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 26.9 | 13.6:1 | 18% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 26.7 | 12.8:1 | 16% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 24.9 | 14.9:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 15% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 22% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 19 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Hatch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (372 to 358); teachers up 9% (24.9 to 27.2).
About William Hatch Elementary School
William Hatch Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Oak Park, Illinois. The student body numbers 358 students, from pre-K through 5.
Oak Park ESD 97 has 10 schools and 5,560 students, and William Hatch Elementary School is one of those schools.
William Hatch Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 49%. Other students are 18% Black, 15% multiracial, and 14% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at William Hatch Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school employs the equivalent of 27.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at William Hatch Elementary School is 18%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The allk12 Grade for William Hatch Elementary School is B+. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with William Hatch Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 61.0%. William Hatch Elementary School scores 63.5%, 2.5 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. William Hatch Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
Nearest public school: Whittier Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, William Hatch Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes William Hatch Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 365 in 2020-21, 358 in 2024-25.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Oak Park ESD 97
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
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Other schools in Oak Park
- Oak Park & River Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,307 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary School0.5 mi · 386
- Lovett Elementary School0.5 mi · 342
- Young Elementary School0.8 mi · 417
- Horace Mann Elementary School0.8 mi · 419
- Burbank Elementary School0.9 mi · 691
- Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School0.9 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About William Hatch Elementary SchoolHow large is William Hatch Elementary School?
William Hatch Elementary School enrolls approximately 358 students in grades PK-05.
Is William Hatch Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
William Hatch Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does William Hatch Elementary School have?
William Hatch Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at William Hatch Elementary School?
Student demographics at William Hatch Elementary School are roughly 49% White, 14% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is William Hatch Elementary School in?
William Hatch Elementary School is part of Oak Park ESD 97.
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