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Schools in Oakland

Oakland’s public schools

Oakland Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oakland. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 90% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.2K
▼ 20% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
246 students on the public path
In brief

Oakland’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Oakland’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Oakland High School places highest (better than 46%); Lake Crest Elem School lowest (42%). 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Oakland, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Lake Crest Elem SchoolOakland Community Unit School District 5C+
9–12Oakland High SchoolOakland Community Unit School District 5B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Oakland Community Unit School District 5.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Oakland Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 246 students · 8.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,194IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading22%
State average 29.9% · 122 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 117 students tested

Oakland vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Oakland’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Oakland—Oakland Community Unit School District 5

Every school in Oakland

2 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).

Also serving Oaklandin other towns
Lake Crest Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
185 students10:1Rate it →
Oakland High School
High · Grades 9–12
B−
61 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Oakland’s schools

Are Oakland’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Oakland. Oakland Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oakland. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Oakland in?

Oakland Community Unit School District 5.

Where do Oakland kids go to high school?

Oakland High School.

Parents talk

What Oakland 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). Stars are from neighbors.