| Horace Mann Elementary School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Oak Park, Illinois, United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | N/A |
| Principal | Nimisha Kumar |
| Faculty | 38 |
| Grades | K-5 |
| Number of students | 439 |
| Website | http://www.op97.org/mann/index.html |
Horace Mann Elementary School is an American primary school in Oak Park, Illinois. Operated by Oak Park Elementary School District, the school teaches kindergarten to fifth grade and had 420 students and a pupil/teacher ratio of 13.8 in 2003.[1] Horace Mann ranked 68th (top 5%) in the Chicago Tribune's 2005 round-up of Chicago's 1,730 grade schools.[2]
The school's main hallway features a large Works Progress Administration mural entitled "Community Life in the 19th Century," by Ralph (Ralf) Henricksen and Emmanuel Jacobson, probably completed in 1936. The school also includes a library and a technology center. Horace Mann owns a large property called Field Park, which includes a blacktop, three playgrounds, and a center at which students play football and other after-school activities.
The school is one of many named after Horace Mann (1796–1859), a famous and influential education reformer, abolitionist, and congressman.
As reported in Time Magazine, Horace Mann students responded to the September 11, 2001 attacks by organizing the "Moving Us Forward" program, which consisted of morning runs to raise money for charity. The students cumulatively ran more than the 1,000 mile distance between their school and ground zero. [3]
Mann feeds into Percy Julian Middle School.