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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Barack H Obama Learning Academy, Markham, IL

CEP schoolBarack H Obama Learning Academy is a public elementary school in Markham, part of Hazel Crest SD 152-5. It enrolled 466 students in 2024-25, with 16.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
466
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
16.1
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 2.4 higher than the district figure of 13.7. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.1
District13.7
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
16448 S Park Ave, Markham, IL 60428
Phone
(708)825-2400
District
Hazel Crest SD 152-5
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
171860002152
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
46499.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Hazel Crest SD 152-5

Elementary schools elsewhere in Markham

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.