Ardmore Elem School

Ardmore Elem School is a cozy elementary school in Addison, Illinois, overseen by Addison SD 4. The school caters to 230 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 40% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Addison SD 4 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,389 students; Ardmore Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ardmore Elem School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%; the rest is composed of 16% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Ardmore Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Ardmore Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, DuPage County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ardmore Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.6%, the actual is 26.4%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Around the school, census data for DuPage County shows median household income runs about $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Ardmore Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Addison Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ardmore Elem School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Ardmore Elem School's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 230). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 69% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.