There are many different schools in Oak Park. In Oak Park School District #97, there are eight elementary schools, which teach children from kindergarten to fifth grade and two middle schools each teaching children from sixth to eighth grade. They are bigger, but only teach three grades. We attend one of the middle schools, Percy Julian Middle School. There is one public high school, which teaches grades nine through twelve. Oak Park also has several private schools,some of which have a religious affiliation. Below is a map of where the Oak Park schools are located in relationship to the rest of our state and the surrounding states.