Is Oakton Elementary School a good school?

Oakton Elementary School ranks 873 rd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Oakton Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 393 students attended Oakton Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Oakton Elementary School?

Students at Oakton Elementary School are 44% African American, 23% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Oakton Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Oakton Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Chute Middle School High : Evanston Township High School

Oakton Elementary School

Summary:

Oakton Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Evanston, Illinois, serving grades K-5 with a student population of 393. It is part of the Evanston CCSD 65 district, which is ranked 217 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $26,548, Oakton Elementary has consistently underperformed compared to the Evanston CCSD 65 district and the state of Illinois in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 35.7% of Oakton students were proficient in ELA, compared to 53.5% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was 28% for Oakton, 42.8% for the district, and 28.4% for the state. However, the school has shown some strengths in the performance of specific student subgroups, such as its African American, Hispanic, and White students, as well as its English Language Learner and Special Education students, who have ranked in the top 50% of Illinois elementary schools in recent years.

Oakton Elementary School's challenges extend beyond academic performance, as it has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching 28.6% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. When compared to nearby schools within the Evanston CCSD 65 district, such as Washington Elementary, Dawes Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary, Oakton is clearly underperforming, with these schools consistently outperforming Oakton in academic proficiency. By addressing the school's specific areas of weakness and implementing targeted strategies, Oakton Elementary can work towards enhancing the educational outcomes for all its students.

Detail:

Public K-5

436 Ridge Ave
Evanston, IL 60202-2861

(847) 859-8801

District: Evanston CCSD 65

SchoolDigger Rank:
873^rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $28,252

Students who attend Oakton Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Chute Middle School
High:	Evanston Township High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.3

Number of students: 393

Racial breakdown:

African American:

44.3%

White:

22.9%

Hispanic:

22.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 60.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Oakton Elementary School ranks better than 57.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 11^th among 12 ranked elementary schools in the Evanston CCSD 65 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 52.62. (See more...)

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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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oakton Elementary School is $28,252, which is the highest among 12 elementary schools in the Evanston CCSD 65 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Oakton Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Oakton Elementary School 873^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Oakton Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Evanston CCSD 65:

SchoolDigger ranks Evanston CCSD 65 217^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Oakton Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	35.12	1471^st	2020	27.2%
2004	43.00	1354^th	2030	33.3%
2005	25.16	1666^th	2022	17.6%
2006	47.89	1339^th	2086	35.8%
2007	30.64	1674^th	2095	20.1%
2008	40.52	1450^th	2092	30.7%
2009	40.66	1458^th	2120	31.2%
2010	38.64	1505^th	2139	29.6%
2011	51.90	1236^th	2147	42.4%
2012	54.11	1187^th	2166	45.2%
2013	51.64	1131^st	2167	47.8%
2014	39.58	1326^th	2093	36.6%
2015	25.66	1544^th	2052	24.8%
2016	36.33	1261^st	2046	38.4%
2017	38.55	1204^th	2044	41.1%
2018	48.97	964^th	2037	52.7%
2019	35.72	1301^st	2086	37.6%
2021	39.31	1070^th	1948	45.1%
2022	40.30	1174^th	2082	43.6%
2023	48.33	991^st	2077	52.3%
2024	52.62	873^rd	2067	57.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.52	633^rd	718	11.8%
2019	16.56	741^st	743	0.3%
2022	38.62	469^th	768	38.9%
2023	57.17	231^st	788	70.7%
2024	61.71	180^th	826	78.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.60	215^th	763	71.8%
2019	42.51	589^th	1194	50.7%
2022	37.26	607^th	1113	45.5%
2023	53.34	417^th	1156	63.9%
2024	62.62	323^rd	1195	73.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	43.72	961^st	1765	45.6%
2019	31.53	1329^th	1816	26.8%
2021	42.75	794^th	1514	47.6%
2022	34.24	1159^th	1763	34.3%
2023	45.38	923^rd	1808	48.9%
2024	49.82	809^th	1793	54.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.71	1028^th	1964	47.7%
2019	30.37	1398^th	2019	30.8%
2021	39.03	942^nd	1680	43.9%
2022	37.15	1148^th	1970	41.7%
2023	42.13	1048^th	1957	46.4%
2024	44.94	981^st	1942	49.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	39.96	463^rd	907	49.0%
2024	49.43	345^th	886	61.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.00	856^th	1972	56.6%
2019	42.07	1104^th	2019	45.3%
2021	36.42	1013^th	1707	40.7%
2022	43.34	1021^st	1977	48.4%
2023	52.17	855^th	1984	56.9%
2024	57.17	738^th	1959	62.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.60	217^th	698	68.9%
2019	54.03	249^th	711	65.0%
2021	60.24	88^th	428	79.4%
2022	51.06	247^th	684	63.9%
2023	56.14	211^th	692	69.5%
2024	61.14	158^th	655	75.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.47	554^th	938	40.9%
2019	19.15	882^nd	955	7.6%
2022	45.44	469^th	954	50.8%
2023	65.46	226^th	970	76.7%
2024	69.58	186^th	959	80.6%

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Rank History for White students at Oakton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.56	246^th	1463	83.2%
2019	57.61	600^th	1462	59.0%
2022	69.98	361^st	1425	74.7%
2023	85.36	152^nd	1419	89.3%
2024	72.93	311^th	1392	77.7%

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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.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Oakton Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	138	305	4	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	454
1989	131	312	6	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	455
1990	108	327	n/a	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	442
1991	145	315	0	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	470
1992	148	348	4	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
1993	136	393	6	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	545
1994	136	380	4	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	527
1995	123	249	5	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	399
1996	123	249	5	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	399
1997	119	254	7	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	406
1998	119	294	6	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	451
1999	117	287	10	45	2	n/a	n/a	0	461
2000	102	298	9	41	2	n/a	n/a	0	452
2001	115	264	6	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
2002	117	229	6	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	394
2003	117	229	6	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	394
2004	101	239	4	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	396
2005	99	234	5	79	0	n/a	n/a	7	424
2006	111	190	7	83	0	n/a	n/a	0	391
2007	93	214	12	106	2	n/a	n/a	0	427
2008	79	210	13	105	2	n/a	n/a	11	420
2009	75	200	14	108	2	n/a	n/a	21	420
2010	83	180	6	106	4	n/a	n/a	24	403
2011	87	177	6	136	0	0	21	0	427
2012	83	171	3	123	2	0	17	0	399
2013	104	166	4	112	3	0	20	0	409
2014	100	159	3	109	2	0	21	0	394
2015	109	161	5	112	2	0	25	0	414
2016	107	158	4	116	2	0	30	0	417
2017	103	146	5	112	2	0	36	0	404
2018	104	145	8	117	1	0	31	0	406
2019	86	142	2	119	0	1	25	0	375
2020	94	146	2	113	0	0	29	0	384
2021	90	163	2	116	0	0	25	0	396
2022	88	169	4	96	0	0	25	0	382
2023	90	174	11	90	0	0	27	1	393

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 Oakton Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	454	34.5	13.1	n/a
1989	455	33.5	13.5	n/a
1990	442	34.0	13.0	n/a
1991	470	34.8	13.5	n/a
1992	510	33.8	15.0	n/a
1993	545	32.0	17.0	n/a
1994	527	34.9	15.1	n/a
1995	399	27.0	14.8	n/a
1996	399	27.0	14.8	n/a
1997	406	27.9	14.6	n/a
1998	451	29.0	15.6	n/a
1999	461	33.7	13.7	n/a
2000	452	33.5	13.5	n/a
2001	418	32.0	13.1	n/a
2002	394	37.3	10.6	51.8
2003	394	37.3	10.6	51.8
2004	396	34.7	11.4	53
2005	424	32.7	13.0	65.5
2006	391	37.3	10.5	59.6
2007	427	39.0	10.9	65.8
2008	420	35.0	12.0	70.4
2009	420	38.0	11.1	70.9
2010	403	39.0	10.3	73.1
2011	427	38.0	11.2	67.7
2012	399	38.4	10.3	64.7
2013	409	32.0	12.7	63.6
2014	394	37.7	10.4	63.2
2015	414	38.0	10.8	70
2016	417	39.0	10.6	61.9
2017	404	38.3	10.5	61.6
2018	406	39.7	10.2	60.1
2019	375	38.9	9.6	66.9
2020	384	37.1	10.3	62
2021	396	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	382	36.7	10.3	53.4
2023	393	37.8	10.3	60.8

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 Oakton Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	454	34.5	13.1	n/a
1989	455	33.5	13.5	n/a
1990	442	34.0	13.0	n/a
1991	470	34.8	13.5	n/a
1992	510	33.8	15.0	n/a
1993	545	32.0	17.0	n/a
1994	527	34.9	15.1	n/a
1995	399	27.0	14.8	n/a
1996	399	27.0	14.8	n/a
1997	406	27.9	14.6	n/a
1998	451	29.0	15.6	n/a
1999	461	33.7	13.7	n/a
2000	452	33.5	13.5	n/a
2001	418	32.0	13.1	n/a
2002	394	37.3	10.6	51.8
2003	394	37.3	10.6	51.8
2004	396	34.7	11.4	53
2005	424	32.7	13.0	65.5
2006	391	37.3	10.5	59.6
2007	427	39.0	10.9	65.8
2008	420	35.0	12.0	70.4
2009	420	38.0	11.1	70.9
2010	403	39.0	10.3	73.1
2011	427	38.0	11.2	67.7
2012	399	38.4	10.3	64.7
2013	409	32.0	12.7	63.6
2014	394	37.7	10.4	63.2
2015	414	38.0	10.8	70
2016	417	39.0	10.6	61.9
2017	404	38.3	10.5	61.6
2018	406	39.7	10.2	60.1
2019	375	38.9	9.6	66.9
2020	384	37.1	10.3	62
2021	396	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	382	36.7	10.3	53.4
2023	393	37.8	10.3	60.8

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.

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