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CHSD 218

Oak Lawn, Illinois · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,436
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
397
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Grade 9 1,201
  • Grade 10 1,298
  • Grade 11 1,373
  • Grade 12 1,564

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 43%
  • White 27%
  • Black or African American 25%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,905 of 5,436 students in the district's schools

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$25,321 spent per student on day-to-day operations Illinois median: $18,461 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $13,874
  • Support services $11,121
  • Other (food service, etc.) $327

Where the money comes from

  • Local 60%
  • State 34%
  • Federal 7%

Total revenue $183.5 milliontotal spending $165.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

09 to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

985

District office

10701 Kilpatrick Ave, Oak Lawn IL 60453

County

Cook County

Official website

NCES District ID

1706540

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About CHSD 218

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Statement By fostering a safe, nurturing and equitable environment, CHSD 218 enables all individuals to thrive in a diverse learning community, rich in opportunity for growth, and to reflect on challenging, real-life problems in a way that inspires them to prepare for the future and to contribute to our evolving world.
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