Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADDISON SD 4·NCES 170315000478
Ardmore Elementary School
644 S Ardmore Ave, Addison, IL 60101 · (630) 458-2900 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
183 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ardmore Elementary School→Indian Trail Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Addison SD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.5pp since 2023
Math
20.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 5.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ardmore Elementary School
Ardmore Elementary School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore Elementary School this school | 230 | 79.6% | 26.4% |
| Costello School Lyons | 228 | 74.1% | 33.5% |
| Adm Richard E Byrd Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 301 | 80.1% | 30.9% |
| Army Trail Elementary School Addison | 258 | 79.1% | 23.4% |
| Delacey Family Educ Center Carpentersville | 210 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Rupley Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 280 | 76.1% | 23.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ardmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,404 of 1,925 | #108 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,583 of 2,077 ▲ 246 | #140 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #1,334 of 2,077 ▲ 389 | #125 of 141 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #1,924 of 2,419 | #143 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #392 of 2,035 | #31 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #1,255 of 2,042 | #132 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #517 of 2,132 | #4 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #684 of 1,461 | #43 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
230
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-42% since 2000-01, when it was 395
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 230 | 20 | 11.5:1 | 80% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 21.3 | 11.2:1 | 76% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 21 | 10.7:1 | 68% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 20.4 | 13.2:1 | 70% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 73% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 12 | 29.5:1 | 62% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 11 | 35.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ardmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (269 to 230); teachers down 2% (20.4 to 20).
About Ardmore Elementary School
Ardmore Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Addison, Illinois. The school enrolls 230 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
The district, Addison SD 4, operates 9 schools serving 3,389 students.
The largest group at Ardmore Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 78%. Enrollment also includes 16% White and 3% Asian. Among people living in DuPage County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ardmore Elementary School scores 36%.
Ardmore Elementary School reports a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher, from 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ardmore Elementary School, 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in DuPage County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
Ardmore Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.4%, compared with a predicted 25.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in DuPage County, where median household income comes to about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DuPage County counts 277 public schools with about 138,557 students.
Addison Early Learning Center, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.2%; Ardmore Elementary School's is 26.4%, ranking 7th of 8.
The NCES locale for Ardmore Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 227 in 2020-21, 230 in 2024-25.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Addison SD 4
- Indian Trail Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fullerton Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Army Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 258 students
Other schools in Addison
- Addison Trail High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Indian Trail Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fullerton Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
Other Ardmore Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ardmore Elementary. Ardmore Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolVilla Park, IL · 425 students
- Ardmore ElementarySpringdale, MD · 470 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 415 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 370 students
Nearby schools
- Addison Early Learning Center0.0 mi · 190
- Fullerton Elementary School0.4 mi · 384
- North Elementary School0.9 mi · 434
- Emerson Elementary School1.1 mi · 429
- Lake Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 294
- Jefferson Middle School1.2 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Ardmore Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ardmore Elementary School?
Ardmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 230 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ardmore Elementary School serve?
Ardmore Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ardmore Elementary School have?
Ardmore Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ardmore Elementary School?
At Ardmore Elementary School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 78% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian.
Is Ardmore Elementary School public or private?
Ardmore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Addison SD 4.
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