Oak Crest School

Summary:

Oak Crest School is an elementary school located in Beach Park, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 282 students. The school is part of the Beach Park CCSD 3 district, which is ranked 774 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Oak Crest School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with only 13.6% of all students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 12.3% proficient or better in mathematics, significantly lower than the district and state averages. The school's performance varies greatly across different student subgroups, with some groups, such as African American students, performing better than others, like English Language Learners. Additionally, the school has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 28.1% of students chronically absent, compared to the state average of 18.2%.

While Oak Crest School is part of the same district as Kenneth Murphy School and Howe Elementary School, its academic performance is generally lower than these nearby schools. Addressing the significant disparities in student performance, high chronic absenteeism rates, and learning from the practices of higher-performing schools in the district will likely be key to improving outcomes at Oak Crest School.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 38550 N Lewis Ave
       Beach Park, IL  60099-3308


(847) 599-5519

District: Beach Park CCSD 3

SchoolDigger Rank:
1662nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,800 Help


Students who attend Oak Crest School usually attend:

Middle:    Beach Park Middle School
High:    New Technical High - Zion-Benton East
    Zion-Benton Township High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.3 Help
Number of students:  332

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
60.8%
African American:
18.4%
White:
15.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  53.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Oak Crest School ranks worse than 80.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Beach Park CCSD 3 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.8. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Oak Crest School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (60.8%), African American (18.4%), White (15.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 53.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Beach Park CCSD 3 School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Oak Crest School is 11.3, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Beach Park CCSD 3 School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oak Crest School is $19,800, which is the 2nd highest among 4 elementary schools in the Beach Park CCSD 3 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Oak Crest School:

SchoolDigger ranks Oak Crest School 1662nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Oak Crest School in the ranking list.)

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Beach Park CCSD 3:

SchoolDigger ranks Beach Park CCSD 3 774th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Oak Crest School

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Rank History for all students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 52.93 1157th 2020 42.7%
2004 33.57 1523rd 2030 25.0%
2005 50.19 1229th 2022 39.2%
2006 71.63 641st 2086 69.3%
2007 50.96 1303rd 2095 37.8%
2008 46.46 1338th 2092 36.0%
2009 30.28 1637th 2120 22.8%
2010 40.47 1473rd 2139 31.1%
2011 34.31 1579th 2147 26.5%
2012 49.32 1314th 2166 39.3%
2013 27.39 1645th 2167 24.1%
2014 11.49 1921st 2093 8.2%
2015 22.50 1643rd 2052 19.9%
2016 38.26 1212th 2046 40.8%
2017 27.80 1477th 2044 27.7%
2018 26.14 1515th 2037 25.6%
2019 32.20 1392nd 2086 33.3%
2021 41.38 1028th 1948 47.2%
2022 35.65 1259th 2082 39.5%
2023 40.74 1160th 2077 44.2%
2024 20.80 1662nd 2067 19.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.42 647th 718 9.9%
2022 59.96 181st 768 76.4%
2023 42.06 411th 788 47.8%
2024 23.93 758th 826 8.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.88 538th 763 29.5%
2019 34.68 745th 1194 37.6%
2024 23.06 1000th 1195 16.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.03 1363rd 1765 22.8%
2019 49.48 840th 1816 53.7%
2022 30.63 1268th 1763 28.1%
2023 46.57 895th 1808 50.5%
2024 28.31 1361st 1793 24.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.78 1287th 1964 34.5%
2019 35.76 1259th 2019 37.6%
2021 20.43 1376th 1680 18.1%
2022 31.13 1293rd 1970 34.4%
2023 37.34 1149th 1957 41.3%
2024 22.74 1512th 1942 22.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.22 1567th 1972 20.5%
2019 32.11 1355th 2019 32.9%
2021 52.11 687th 1707 59.8%
2022 40.64 1076th 1977 45.6%
2023 43.38 1036th 1984 47.8%
2024 19.30 1599th 1959 18.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.89 209th 698 70.1%
2024 32.01 469th 655 28.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.65 629th 938 32.9%
2019 52.55 384th 955 59.8%
2021 57.89 207th 742 72.1%
2022 58.04 300th 954 68.6%
2023 47.95 444th 970 54.2%
2024 25.52 762nd 959 20.5%
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Rank History for White students at Oak Crest School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.82 1235th 1462 15.5%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Oak Crest School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 491 23 4 22 2 n/a n/a 0 542
1989 507 32 9 33 n/a n/a n/a 0 581
1990 515 27 7 44 n/a n/a n/a 0 593
1991 520 26 9 36 0 n/a n/a 0 591
1992 543 25 10 37 0 n/a n/a 0 615
1993 495 23 10 42 2 n/a n/a 0 572
1994 481 30 10 39 2 n/a n/a 0 562
1995 487 36 15 35 3 n/a n/a 0 576
1996 487 36 15 35 3 n/a n/a 0 576
1997 486 56 13 46 0 n/a n/a 0 601
1998 513 61 7 52 2 n/a n/a 0 635
1999 514 59 14 59 4 n/a n/a 0 650
2000 504 76 11 79 1 n/a n/a 0 671
2001 527 60 10 74 2 n/a n/a 0 673
2002 231 48 7 78 9 n/a n/a 0 373
2003 231 48 7 78 9 n/a n/a 0 373
2004 195 52 15 85 7 n/a n/a 0 354
2005 205 51 14 110 4 n/a n/a 12 396
2006 193 49 14 118 3 n/a n/a 12 389
2007 115 66 31 129 0 n/a n/a 20 361
2008 113 67 32 120 0 n/a n/a 32 364
2009 136 65 28 129 1 n/a n/a 43 402
2010 131 77 35 135 2 n/a n/a 52 432
2011 117 60 28 121 3 0 22 0 351
2012 117 62 22 131 1 0 20 0 353
2013 95 66 19 142 1 0 12 0 335
2014 88 62 27 136 1 0 11 0 325
2015 71 73 30 135 1 2 12 0 324
2016 66 75 25 142 1 2 13 0 324
2017 65 69 19 136 1 1 8 0 299
2018 69 77 22 149 1 1 11 0 330
2019 68 61 14 147 1 0 11 0 302
2020 56 51 14 141 0 0 11 0 273
2021 42 44 10 117 0 0 14 0 227
2022 48 47 9 139 0 0 13 0 256
2023 42 48 12 167 1 1 11 0 282
2024 50 61 7 202 0 1 11 0 332

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Oak Crest School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 542 31.0 17.4 n/a
1989 581 31.0 18.7 n/a
1990 593 30.6 19.3 n/a
1991 591 33.0 17.9 n/a
1992 615 32.0 19.2 n/a
1993 572 30.0 19.1 n/a
1994 562 30.0 18.7 n/a
1995 576 30.2 19.1 n/a
1996 576 30.2 19.1 n/a
1997 601 30.0 20.0 n/a
1998 635 30.0 21.2 n/a
1999 650 32.0 20.3 n/a
2000 671 36.0 18.6 n/a
2001 673 36.7 18.3 n/a
2002 373 22.0 17.0 30
2003 373 22.0 17.0 30
2004 354 19.0 18.6 32.2
2005 396 23.0 17.2 40.1
2006 389 24.0 16.2 44.3
2007 361 25.0 14.4 24.9
2008 364 21.0 17.3 27.4
2009 402 26.3 15.3 29.8
2010 432 26.1 16.5 40.5
2011 351 26.1 13.4 35.9
2012 353 26.1 13.5 44.2
2013 335 36.1 9.2 44.2
2014 325 28.0 11.6 36.9
2015 324 27.0 12.0 54
2016 324 26.0 12.4 34.6
2017 299 25.7 11.6 45.5
2018 330 25.7 12.8 45.2
2019 302 25.3 11.9 42.7
2020 273 27.3 9.9 39.6
2021 227 n/a n/a n/a
2022 256 26.3 9.7 32.8
2023 282 26.2 10.7 48.2
2024 332 29.3 11.3 53.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Oak Crest School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 542 31.0 17.4 n/a
1989 581 31.0 18.7 n/a
1990 593 30.6 19.3 n/a
1991 591 33.0 17.9 n/a
1992 615 32.0 19.2 n/a
1993 572 30.0 19.1 n/a
1994 562 30.0 18.7 n/a
1995 576 30.2 19.1 n/a
1996 576 30.2 19.1 n/a
1997 601 30.0 20.0 n/a
1998 635 30.0 21.2 n/a
1999 650 32.0 20.3 n/a
2000 671 36.0 18.6 n/a
2001 673 36.7 18.3 n/a
2002 373 22.0 17.0 30
2003 373 22.0 17.0 30
2004 354 19.0 18.6 32.2
2005 396 23.0 17.2 40.1
2006 389 24.0 16.2 44.3
2007 361 25.0 14.4 24.9
2008 364 21.0 17.3 27.4
2009 402 26.3 15.3 29.8
2010 432 26.1 16.5 40.5
2011 351 26.1 13.4 35.9
2012 353 26.1 13.5 44.2
2013 335 36.1 9.2 44.2
2014 325 28.0 11.6 36.9
2015 324 27.0 12.0 54
2016 324 26.0 12.4 34.6
2017 299 25.7 11.6 45.5
2018 330 25.7 12.8 45.2
2019 302 25.3 11.9 42.7
2020 273 27.3 9.9 39.6
2021 227 n/a n/a n/a
2022 256 26.3 9.7 32.8
2023 282 26.2 10.7 48.2
2024 332 29.3 11.3 53.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Oak Crest School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal
201596.6%96.6%96.6%96.6%8.1%96.6%96.6%8.1%
201697.0%98.2%98.2%98.2%10.3%98.2%98.2%10.3%
201797.3%97.3%97.3%97.3%8.0%97.3%97.3%8.0%
201999.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%11.0%99.7%99.7%11.0%
202195.8%95.8%95.8%95.8%95.8%95.8%95.8%8.0%
202299.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%100.0%99.7%99.7%12.0%
202396.9%96.6%96.6%96.6%96.6%96.6%96.9%11.4%
202494.3%94.3%94.3%94.3%94.3%94.3%94.3%7.8%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Oak Crest School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,008 (6.4%) $14,710 (93.6%) $15,718
2020 $936 (6.6%) $13,147 (93.4%) $14,083
2021 $1,223 (6.8%) $16,801 (93.2%) $18,024
2022 $1,223 (6.8%) $16,801 (93.2%) $18,024
2023 $1,371 (8.3%) $15,100 (91.7%) $16,471
2024 $2,136 (10.8%) $17,665 (89.2%) $19,800

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Oak Crest School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1392nd of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1160th of 2077 Elementary schools
 10.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Oak Crest School)1041.7
 31.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Beach Park CCSD 3)12.911.1
 1.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Oak Crest School)36.638.9
 2.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Beach Park CCSD 3)16.119.5
 3.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Oak Crest School)34.726.6
 8.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Beach Park CCSD 3)20.110.8
 9.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Oak Crest School)16.315.5
 0.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Beach Park CCSD 3)13.77.3
 6.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Oak Crest School)33.38.6
 24.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Beach Park CCSD 3)21.46.1
 15.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Oak Crest School)15.411.4
 4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Beach Park CCSD 3)11.38.5
 2.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Oak Crest School)38.540
 1.5%
   5th Grade Science (Beach Park CCSD 3)34.528.8
 5.7%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students302282
 6.6%
African American6148
 21.3%
American Indian11
Asian1412
 14.3%
Hispanic147167
 13.6%
Pacific Islander01
White6842
 38.2%
Two or More Races1111
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.7%48.2%
 5.5%


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Oak Crest School ranks in the bottom 19.6% of Illinois elementary schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 332 students attended Oak Crest School.

Students at Oak Crest School are 61% Hispanic, 18% African American, 15% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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