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Oak Park ESD 97, IL: schools, enrollment and spending

Oak Park ESD 97 runs 10 public schools with 5,560 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 12.0 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.

At a glance

Schools
10
Students
5,560
Teachers (FTE)
462
Students per teacher
12.0
IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
Address
260 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302
County
Cook County
Locale
Suburb: Large
Grades offered
PK to 8
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
1729250
State district ID
IL-06-016-0970-02
Total staff (FTE)
810
School counselors (FTE)
6.0About 927 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
22.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district12.0
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,706), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$131.6 million
Federal revenue
$3.3 million
State revenue
$38.7 million
Local revenue
$89.6 million
Total spending
$132.3 million
Spending per pupil
$23,192
Salaries
$62.1 million46.9% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$48.4 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 2.5%
  • State: 29.4%
  • Local: 68.1%

Illinois overall

  • Federal: 7.7%
  • State: 39.1%
  • Local: 53.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$23,192
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826

Schools in Oak Park ESD 97

By level: 2 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 558012.6
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle6 to 894712.8
Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 541914.0
Irving Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 550911.1
Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementaryPK to 552410.3
Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 551312.5
Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle6 to 892711.9
Whittier Elementary SchoolElementaryPK to 538610.4
William Beye Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 539714.2
William Hatch Elementary SchoolElementaryPK to 535813.3

Nearby and related

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