📍 8870 S Duffy Ave, Hometown, Cook County, 60456
Hometown Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hometown, Cook County. The school has 379 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amanda Bencik. It is part of the Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hometown Elem School enrolls 379 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 7.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 200 | 53% |
| White | 128 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 9 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 379 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hometown Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-60, state senate district 16, state house district 31.
Hometown Elem School is one of 6 schools in Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123, based in Oak Lawn, Illinois. The district serves 3,395 students district-wide and employs 231 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 379 students, Hometown Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 566 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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