NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Oak Lawn, IL

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12 public K-12 schools in Oak Lawn from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
8,592
Students
34/100
Avg Resource Index
13.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Oak Lawn has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Oak Lawn's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Oak Lawn's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Oak Lawn's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 22nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 68th percentile. The 46-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
68th percentile

Oak Lawn Comm High School accounts for 21.7% of all Oak Lawn public-school enrollment

That concentration means Oak Lawn-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oak Lawn school enrollment varies 8.9× across entities

Oak Lawn school enrollment ranges from 210 students (lowest) to 1,867 students (highest), a spread of 1,657 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oak Lawn operates 5 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oak Lawn student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Kolmar Avenue Elem School 50
2. Sward Elem School 41
3. Lawn Manor School 37
4. Oak Lawn Comm High School 36
5. Harnew Elem School 36
6. Simmons Middle School 35
7. Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch 34
8. Columbus Manor Elem School 33
9. Ernest F Kolb Elem School 30
10. J Covington Elem School 29
11. J M Hannum Elem School 26
12. H L Richards High Sch(Campus) 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Oak Lawn

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 H L Richards High Sch(Campus) 68.4/100
  2. 2 J M Hannum Elem School 66.3/100
  3. 3 Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch 62.4/100
  4. 4 Ernest F Kolb Elem School 61.7/100
  5. 5 Lawn Manor School 61.6/100

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Which Oak Lawn school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Kolmar Avenue Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Oak Lawn schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Oak Lawn, IL? ▼

Oak Lawn has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,592 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.