NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Oak Park, IL

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

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11
Schools
8,867
Students
60.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Oak Park has more public-school enrollment than 77% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Oak Park & River Forest High Sch enrolls 37.3% of Oak Park's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Oak Park's list includes 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 19-point gap between Horace Mann Elem School and Oak Park & River Forest High Sch shows the range hidden by Oak Park's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 23%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
86th percentile

Oak Park & River Forest High Sch accounts for 37.3% of all Oak Park public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Oak Park-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 Park school enrollment varies 9.2× across entities

Oak Park school enrollment ranges from 358 students (lowest) to 3,307 students (highest), a spread of 2,949 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 Park student-teacher ratio is 12.3:1 — 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. Horace Mann Elem School 66
2. William Beye Elem School 66
3. Abraham Lincoln Elem School 64
4. Longfellow Elem School 64
5. Irving Elem School 64
6. Whittier Elem School 64
7. William Hatch Elem School 61
8. Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School 60
9. Oliver W Holmes Elem School 58
10. Percy Julian Middle School 55
11. Oak Park & River Forest High Sch 47

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Oak Park

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 Oliver W Holmes Elem School 70.8/100
  2. 2 Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School 69.5/100
  3. 3 Longfellow Elem School 67.2/100
  4. 4 William Hatch Elem School 67.2/100
  5. 5 Irving Elem School 66.3/100

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

Horace Mann Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Oak Park schools in this federal-data comparison at 66/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Oak Park, IL? ▼

Oak Park has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,867 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.3:1.

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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.