Americana Elementary School

Located at 1629 President St, in Glendale Heights, Illinois, Americana Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school that serves 401 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Queen Bee SD 16.

Queen Bee SD 16 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,608 students; Americana Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Americana Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Asian, 17% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Americana Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, DuPage County reports that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Americana Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Glenside Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Americana Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Americana Elementary School has edged up 4%, going from 384 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment grew from 23% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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