IllinoisSchoolsOlson Park Elem School

Olson Park Elem School

PublicRegular
Machesney Park, Illinois · Harlem UD 122
Teachers21.0FTE
Ratio17.0:1students per teacher
Students356enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students356
Grade Span1–6
Student:Teacher17.0:1
Free/Reduced Lunch52%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
8.8%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
19
9.5%vs prior yr
Enrollment
294
17.4%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.3:115.6:116.0:116.4:116.8:117.1:12020202120222023202415.4:116.3:117.0:115.5:1Olson Park Elem SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

2863093323563794021919202122222020202120222023202439433934335629422212119EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment394339343356294
Teacher FTE22212119
Pupil : Teacher ratio15.4:116.3:117.0:115.5:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.