Oak Park Elementary School

Summary:

Oak Park Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 345 students in grades PK-5 in Aurora, Illinois, which is part of the Aurora East Unified School District 131. Unfortunately, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 2013 out of 2067 schools.

Oak Park Elementary School significantly underperforms compared to the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 7.1% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 17.4% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was even lower, with only 1.6% of 3rd graders, 3.8% of 4th graders, and 0% of 5th graders meeting or exceeding standards. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.8%, which is significantly higher than the district average of 15.0% and the state average.

While Oak Park Elementary School is underperforming, some nearby schools within the same district, such as Olney C. Allen Elementary and Mabel O. Donnell Elementary, are performing slightly better but still well below state averages. However, one outlier is C.I. Johnson Elementary, which is significantly outperforming the district and state in both ELA and Mathematics, ranking in the top 30% of Illinois elementary schools.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1200 Front St
       Aurora, IL  60505-3017


(630) 299-8250

District: Aurora East Unified School District 131

SchoolDigger Rank:
2013th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,966 Help


Students who attend Oak Park Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy
    Henry W Cowherd Middle School
High:    East High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  345

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
97.7%
White:
0.6%
African American:
0.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  75.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Oak Park Elementary School ranks worse than 97.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 11th among 12 ranked elementary schools in the Aurora East Unified School District 131. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Oak Park Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Aurora East Unified School District 131.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oak Park Elementary School is $18,966. 7 elementary schools in the Aurora East Unified School District 131 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Oak Park Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Oak Park Elementary School 2013th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Oak Park Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Male students:
Hispanic students:


Aurora East Unified School District 131:

SchoolDigger ranks Aurora East Unified School District 131 785th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Oak Park Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 28.23 1565th 2020 22.5%
2004 24.76 1659th 2030 18.3%
2005 25.94 1652nd 2022 18.3%
2006 31.65 1646th 2086 21.1%
2007 21.27 1793rd 2095 14.4%
2008 4.91 2008th 2092 4.0%
2009 2.70 2077th 2120 2.0%
2010 2.46 2105th 2139 1.6%
2011 2.60 2118th 2147 1.4%
2012 5.21 2101st 2166 3.0%
2013 4.51 2133rd 2167 1.6%
2014 6.84 2020th 2093 3.5%
2015 8.72 2028th 2052 1.2%
2016 10.09 1970th 2046 3.7%
2017 6.62 2034th 2044 0.5%
2018 10.17 1960th 2037 3.8%
2019 12.19 1957th 2086 6.2%
2021 19.29 1604th 1948 17.7%
2022 13.84 1918th 2082 7.9%
2023 10.57 2022nd 2077 2.6%
2024 11.00 2013th 2067 2.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.49 538th 718 25.1%
2019 23.02 699th 743 5.9%
2021 27.30 492nd 537 8.4%
2022 26.33 686th 768 10.7%
2023 25.67 710th 788 9.9%
2024 23.01 770th 826 6.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.82 609th 763 20.2%
2019 17.12 1190th 1194 0.3%
2024 17.97 1119th 1195 6.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.28 1693rd 1765 4.1%
2019 17.94 1681st 1816 7.4%
2022 20.17 1575th 1763 10.7%
2023 15.84 1724th 1808 4.6%
2024 14.89 1733rd 1793 3.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.99 1939th 1964 1.3%
2019 17.41 1759th 2019 12.9%
2022 13.90 1811th 1970 8.1%
2023 11.12 1900th 1957 2.9%
2024 12.75 1842nd 1942 5.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 23.87 760th 886 14.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.31 1746th 1972 11.5%
2019 11.01 1932nd 2019 4.3%
2022 15.87 1765th 1977 10.7%
2023 11.64 1906th 1984 3.9%
2024 10.98 1908th 1959 2.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Oak Park Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.62 916th 938 2.3%
2019 16.06 915th 955 4.2%
2021 28.98 558th 742 24.8%
2022 17.98 900th 954 5.7%
2023 12.99 960th 970 1.0%
2024 14.80 933rd 959 2.7%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Oak Park Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 92 160 1 380 n/a n/a n/a 0 633
1989 91 154 1 361 1 n/a n/a 0 608
1990 98 138 4 394 n/a n/a n/a 0 634
1991 95 109 8 402 1 n/a n/a 0 615
1992 90 111 8 412 1 n/a n/a 0 622
1993 64 94 6 380 0 n/a n/a 0 544
1994 54 105 6 418 1 n/a n/a 0 584
1995 32 87 8 476 0 n/a n/a 0 603
1996 32 87 8 476 0 n/a n/a 0 603
1997 24 88 7 502 0 n/a n/a 0 621
1998 24 79 5 573 1 n/a n/a 0 682
1999 20 50 3 635 2 n/a n/a 0 710
2000 16 61 2 650 3 n/a n/a 0 732
2001 10 42 1 607 4 n/a n/a 0 664
2002 20 23 0 604 3 n/a n/a 0 650
2003 20 23 0 604 3 n/a n/a 0 650
2004 18 25 0 583 1 n/a n/a 0 627
2005 20 14 0 646 1 n/a n/a 3 684
2006 26 19 0 676 1 n/a n/a 4 726
2007 13 16 0 608 1 n/a n/a 9 647
2008 11 14 0 584 0 n/a n/a 14 623
2009 13 1 0 523 1 n/a n/a 9 547
2010 19 15 1 495 0 n/a n/a 18 548
2011 13 14 0 524 0 0 24 0 575
2012 18 29 1 631 5 0 7 0 691
2013 16 23 1 707 4 0 5 0 756
2014 8 26 1 686 4 0 5 0 730
2015 14 24 2 598 2 0 6 0 646
2016 13 5 0 574 1 0 4 0 597
2017 7 6 4 586 1 0 2 0 606
2018 10 7 3 550 1 0 2 0 573
2019 6 10 1 465 0 0 2 0 484
2020 8 15 1 460 1 0 3 0 488
2021 3 3 0 317 1 0 1 0 325
2022 2 4 1 316 2 0 0 0 325
2023 2 2 2 337 2 0 0 0 345

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Oak Park Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 633 34.5 18.3 n/a
1989 608 32.1 18.9 n/a
1990 634 31.6 20.0 n/a
1991 615 32.2 19.0 n/a
1992 622 31.6 19.6 n/a
1993 544 31.5 17.3 n/a
1994 584 28.5 20.5 n/a
1995 603 30.0 20.1 n/a
1996 603 30.0 20.1 n/a
1997 621 30.5 20.4 n/a
1998 682 32.0 21.3 n/a
1999 710 32.5 21.8 n/a
2000 732 37.0 19.8 n/a
2001 664 41.0 16.2 n/a
2002 650 35.0 18.6 78.5
2003 650 35.0 18.6 78.5
2004 627 36.5 17.2 81.5
2005 684 40.0 17.1 74.9
2006 726 35.0 20.7 58.3
2007 647 42.0 15.4 79.6
2008 623 25.0 24.9 66.7
2009 547 28.0 19.5 75.5
2010 548 32.5 16.8 88.1
2011 575 33.5 17.1 73.4
2012 691 35.0 19.7 71.2
2013 756 n/a n/a 92.5
2014 730 37.0 19.7 79.7
2015 646 35.0 18.4 86.4
2016 597 34.0 17.5 65.5
2017 606 32.5 18.6 75.9
2018 573 32.0 17.9 75
2019 484 26.5 18.2 68.8
2020 488 26.6 18.2 66.6
2021 325 n/a n/a n/a
2022 325 23.7 13.6 68.9
2023 345 24.5 14.0 75.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Oak Park Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 633 34.5 18.3 n/a
1989 608 32.1 18.9 n/a
1990 634 31.6 20.0 n/a
1991 615 32.2 19.0 n/a
1992 622 31.6 19.6 n/a
1993 544 31.5 17.3 n/a
1994 584 28.5 20.5 n/a
1995 603 30.0 20.1 n/a
1996 603 30.0 20.1 n/a
1997 621 30.5 20.4 n/a
1998 682 32.0 21.3 n/a
1999 710 32.5 21.8 n/a
2000 732 37.0 19.8 n/a
2001 664 41.0 16.2 n/a
2002 650 35.0 18.6 78.5
2003 650 35.0 18.6 78.5
2004 627 36.5 17.2 81.5
2005 684 40.0 17.1 74.9
2006 726 35.0 20.7 58.3
2007 647 42.0 15.4 79.6
2008 623 25.0 24.9 66.7
2009 547 28.0 19.5 75.5
2010 548 32.5 16.8 88.1
2011 575 33.5 17.1 73.4
2012 691 35.0 19.7 71.2
2013 756 n/a n/a 92.5
2014 730 37.0 19.7 79.7
2015 646 35.0 18.4 86.4
2016 597 34.0 17.5 65.5
2017 606 32.5 18.6 75.9
2018 573 32.0 17.9 75
2019 484 26.5 18.2 68.8
2020 488 26.6 18.2 66.6
2021 325 n/a n/a n/a
2022 325 23.7 13.6 68.9
2023 345 24.5 14.0 75.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Oak Park Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal
201599.9%100.0%100.0%100.0%29.6%99.9%99.7%29.6%
201696.1%96.1%96.1%96.1%22.6%96.1%96.1%22.8%
201798.7%99.4%99.4%99.4%15.6%99.4%99.1%15.6%
201898.6%99.0%99.0%99.0%26.5%98.8%98.4%26.5%
201998.6%98.6%98.6%98.6%31.4%98.8%98.4%31.6%
202192.2%92.4%92.4%92.4%95.2%92.2%91.0%28.8%
202292.0%94.2%94.2%94.2%95.8%92.7%92.0%31.9%
202395.9%97.1%97.1%97.1%96.9%96.9%94.7%36.6%
202496.0%96.7%96.7%96.7%97.1%96.3%95.4%39.2%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Oak Park Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,942 (13.5%) $12,404 (86.5%) $14,346
2020 $1,484 (12.2%) $10,725 (87.8%) $12,209
2021 $1,391 (8.9%) $14,300 (91.1%) $15,692
2022 $1,391 (8.9%) $14,300 (91.1%) $15,692
2023 $3,214 (16.8%) $15,893 (83.2%) $19,107
2024 $3,012 (15.9%) $15,954 (84.1%) $18,966

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Oak Park Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1957th of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 2022nd of 2077 Elementary schools
 3.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Oak Park Elementary School)11.31.9
 9.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Aurora East Unified School District 131)13.58
 5.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Oak Park Elementary School)6.51.9
 4.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Aurora East Unified School District 131)17.19.3
 7.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Oak Park Elementary School)22.54.8
 17.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Aurora East Unified School District 131)21.213
 8.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Oak Park Elementary School)72.4
 4.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Aurora East Unified School District 131)14.55.3
 9.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Oak Park Elementary School)10.95.7
 5.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Aurora East Unified School District 131)22.415.2
 7.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Oak Park Elementary School)3.10
 3.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Aurora East Unified School District 131)12.48.3
 4.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Oak Park Elementary School)20.622.8
 2.2%
   5th Grade Science (Aurora East Unified School District 131)35.737.5
 1.8%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students484345
 28.7%
African American102
 80%
American Indian02
Asian12
 100%
Hispanic465337
 27.5%
Pacific Islander00
White62
 66.7%
Two or More Races20
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients68.8%75.7%
 6.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Oak Park Elementary School

Students who attend Oak Park Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy
Middle : Henry W Cowherd Middle School
High : East High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 345 students attended Oak Park Elementary School.

Students at Oak Park Elementary School are 98% Hispanic.

Oak Park Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.6% of Illinois elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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