Apollo Elem School

Apollo Elem School, a medium-sized primary school in Des Plaines, Illinois, part of East Maine SD 63, caters to 536 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 381.

East Maine SD 63 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,706 students; Apollo Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Apollo Elem School lists that the most-represented group is Asian (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 22% White, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Apollo Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 33.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Apollo Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Apollo Elem School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

Apollo Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 592 students in 2018 compared to 536 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 29% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.