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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Sward Elementary School, Oak Lawn, IL

Sward Elementary School is a public elementary school in Oak Lawn, part of Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123. It enrolled 457 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Sward Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
457
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
14.7
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than the district figure of 13.2. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7
District13.2
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
9830 S Brandt Ave, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone
(708)423-7820
District
Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
172919003056
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
20244.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123

Elementary schools elsewhere in Oak Lawn

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.