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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ardmore Elem School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD 45 DUPAGE COUNTY·NCES 174035004052
Ardmore Elementary School
225 S Harvard Ave, Villa Park, IL 60181 · (630) 516-7370 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
108 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 53.0% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 (62.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore Elementary School this school | 425 | 25.4% | 62.0% |
| H C Storm Elementary School Batavia | 388 | 25.3% | 63.0% |
| Central Elementary School Riverside | 371 | 25.9% | 74.2% |
| Briargate Elementary School Cary | 400 | 23.3% | 55.3% |
| Deer Path Elementary School Cary | 452 | 25.7% | 51.5% |
| Forest Road Elementary School La Grange Park | 452 | 27.9% | 63.9% |
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 | 62.0% | #272 of 1,925 | #46 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #319 of 2,077 ▼ 62 | #66 of 141 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #390 of 2,077 ▼ 97 | #64 of 141 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #878 of 2,419 | #60 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #989 of 2,035 | #76 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #895 of 2,042 | #101 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #1,858 of 2,132 | #83 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #480 of 1,461 | #26 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
425
-78 (-16%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 526
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 | 425 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 31.8 | 14.2:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 28.3 | 16.6:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 24% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 25 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ardmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (526 to 425); teachers up 10% (29 to 32).
About Ardmore Elementary School
Ardmore Elementary School serves students in Villa Park, Illinois, as a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 425 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Ardmore Elementary School is part of SD 45 DuPage County, where 9 schools serve 3,162 students.
Ardmore Elementary School's enrollment is 65% White. Next come 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share in DuPage County as a whole is similar, at about 65%. By the diversity index, Ardmore Elementary School comes in at 51%.
Staffing totals 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 25%. The 34% average for public schools in DuPage County is 9 points higher.
A school with Ardmore Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 56.8%. Ardmore Elementary School scores 62.0%, 5.2 points above that line.
Among DuPage County residents, median household income is about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 277 public schools in DuPage County, with a combined enrollment of about 138,557.
The nearest other public school, Westmore Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ardmore Elementary School. Ardmore Elementary School places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ardmore Elementary School went from 503 students to 425.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Ardmore Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SD 45 DuPage County
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Westmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 375 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- District 45 Early Education CenterElementary · 189 students
Other schools in Villa Park
- Willowbrook High SchoolHigh · 1,983 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 375 students
- District 45 Early Education CenterElementary · 189 students
- John E Albright Middle SchoolMiddle · 183 students
Other Ardmore Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ardmore Elementary. Ardmore Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolAddison, IL · 230 students
- Ardmore ElementarySpringdale, MD · 470 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 415 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 370 students
Nearby schools
- Westmore Elementary School0.7 mi · 432
- Jefferson Middle School0.8 mi · 375
- Jackson Middle School1.0 mi · 621
- District 45 Early Education Center1.1 mi · 189
- North Elementary School1.1 mi · 434
- Schafer Elementary School1.2 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Ardmore Elementary SchoolHow large is Ardmore Elementary School?
Ardmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-05.
Is Ardmore Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ardmore Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Ardmore Elementary School have?
Ardmore Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ardmore Elementary School?
At Ardmore Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 25% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ardmore Elementary School public or private?
Ardmore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD 45 DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.