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Oak Lawn, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Oak Lawn Chsd 229 #551 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,870 per pupil, Oak Lawn Chsd 229 ranks #183 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,834
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$19,870
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Oak Lawn Chsd 229 operates 1 public schools serving 1,834 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,870 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 61.6% local, 31.3% state, and 7.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 30/100, ranked #551 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), and 20.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.5% White, 42.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Oak Lawn Comm High School, enrolling 1,867 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Oak Lawn Comm High School accounts for 100.0% of all Oak Lawn Chsd 229 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Oak Lawn Chsd 229 a distant remainder — means Oak Lawn Chsd 229-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Oak Lawn Chsd 229 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Oak Lawn Chsd 229 is typically wider than the Oak Lawn Chsd 229-aggregate figure suggests.