Summary:
The Oak Park Education Service District 97 in Illinois is home to 8 public elementary schools serving grades pre-K through 5th. These schools vary in size, with student populations ranging from 340 to 589 students. While the district as a whole maintains a strong 4-star rating and ranks 150th out of 813 districts in Illinois, the individual schools within the district display a mix of high-performing and lower-performing outcomes.
Horace Mann Elementary School stands out as a top-performing institution, ranking 70th out of 2,067 Illinois elementary schools and earning a 5-star rating. Horace Mann had the highest proficiency rates in English Language Arts (68.3%) and Mathematics (70.7%) across all grades compared to the other schools and the district/state averages. Another high-performing school is Irving Elementary, which ranked 288th in Illinois and had strong test scores, particularly in Mathematics where 54.6% of students were proficient or better.
In contrast, several schools within the district struggled, with Oliver W. Holmes Elementary School and William Hatch Elementary School scoring below the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The data also suggests a potential link between resources and student achievement, as the schools with the highest per-student spending, such as Whittier Elementary and Irving Elementary, tended to have stronger academic outcomes.
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