Photo: Village of Oak Lawn · CC BY 2.0Oak Lawn’s public schools score below 62% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation
On the state math tests, 16% of Oak Lawn’s students scored proficient, below the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the four public school districts serving Oak Lawn, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Oak Lawn’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 1390 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Oak Lawn’s, its schools beat 31%, lower than their 38% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2021, 24% of tested students were proficient in reading and 16% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
83% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 spends $21,502 per student and Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 $18,821, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Nine elementary schools, then two middle and four high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Oak Lawn’s grade
C+: better than 38% of Illinois school districts, #527 of 768 Illinois towns. Both inputs trail the Illinois average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Oak Lawn, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Oak Lawn · depends on your address
Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch
Grades 6–8 · 1,090 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Simmons Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 725 students · 15:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Oak Lawn · depends on your address
Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch
Grades 6–8 · 1,090 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Simmons Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 725 students · 15:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Oak Lawn · depends on your address
Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch
Grades 6–8 · 1,090 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Simmons Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 725 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Parts of Oak Lawn (11% and 3% of its land) are served by Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 and Atwood Heights School District 125 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Four districts serve Oak Lawn
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Oak Lawn vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Oak Lawn’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Lawn | C+ | Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 PK–8 · Ridgeland School District 122 PK–8 · Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 9–12 |
| Chicago Ridge | C | Chicago Ridge School District 127-5 PK–8 · Ridgeland School District 122 PK–8 · Community High School District 218 9–12 |
| Alsip | C− | Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 PK–8 · Cook County School District 130 PK–8 · Community High School District 218 9–12 |
| Bridgeview | A− | Indian Springs School District 109 PK–8 · North Palos School District 117 PK–8 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
| Worth | C | Community High School District 218 |
| Hometown | B− | Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 PK–8 · Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 9–12 |
| Chicago | C | Chicago Public School District 299 PK–12 · Maine Township High School District 207 9–12 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Stickney | C− | Burbank School District 111 PK–8 · Central Stickney School District 110 PK–8 · Reavis Township High School District 220 9–12 |
| Burbank | C | Burbank School District 111 PK–8 · Reavis Township High School District 220 9–12 |
3 of the 8 neighbors share Community High School District 218 with Oak Lawn for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Oak Lawn
15 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Oak Lawn’s schools
Are Oak Lawn’s schools good?
On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Oak Lawn children attend score below 62% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C+ Schools grade, #527 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 31%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Oak Lawn in?
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,867 students in 1 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Oak Lawn are served by Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 and Atwood Heights School District 125.
Where do Oak Lawn kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: A B Shepard High Sch (Campus), Oak Lawn Comm High School, DD Eisenhower High Sch (Campus) and H L Richards High Sch(Campus).
What is Oak Lawn’s graduation rate?
83% of the class of 2023 in Community High School District 218 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Oak Lawn spend per student?
$21,502 in Oak Lawn Community High School District 229, $18,821 in Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123, $25,321 in Community High School District 218 and $18,609 in Ridgeland School District 122 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Oak Lawn families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.