Oak Lawn CHSD 229

Oak Lawn CHSD 229 is a single-high school district located in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Oak Lawn Community High School is the sole focus of the available data, which provides insights into the school's performance, demographics, and financial factors.

Oak Lawn Community High School has seen fluctuating performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 318 out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 to 397 out of 699 in 2021-2022. The school's performance rating by SchoolDigger has also varied, with 3 stars out of 5 in 2023-2024 and 2 stars out of 5 in the previous two years. While the school has a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 91.9% and a low dropout rate of 1.0%, it also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 22.8%.

Academically, Oak Lawn Community High School has lower proficiency rates in SAT Mathematics (19.9%) and SAT English Language Arts (23%) compared to the state averages (26.1% and 31.1%, respectively). However, the school's proficiency rate in ISA Science (56.1%) is higher than the state average (53.2%). The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $18,877, which is above the state average, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.1, within a typical range for high schools. These factors suggest that the school may have specific academic strengths and weaknesses that could be further investigated, and that the district is allocating significant resources to the school.