Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADDISON SD 4·NCES 170315000005
Army Trail Elementary School
346 W Army Trail Blvd, Addison, IL 60101 · (630) 458-2502 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
204 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
54%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
Army Trail Elementary School→Indian Trail Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Addison SD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
30.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.5pp since 2023
Math
21.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.1% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 13.6% | 14.3% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Army Trail Elementary School
Army Trail Elementary School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Trail Elementary School this school | 258 | 79.1% | 23.4% |
| Rupley Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 280 | 76.1% | 23.8% |
| Adm Richard E Byrd Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 301 | 80.1% | 30.9% |
| Armour Elementary School Chicago | 255 | 77.3% | 39.6% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Addison | 230 | 79.6% | 26.4% |
| Ideal Elementary School Countryside | 258 | 71.7% | 40.0% |
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 Army Trail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,495 of 1,925 | #112 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,547 of 2,077 ▼ 121 | #139 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #1,661 of 2,077 ▲ 148 | #138 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #1,781 of 2,419 | #136 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #59 of 2,035 | #4 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #781 of 2,042 | #89 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #534 of 2,132 | #5 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #114 of 1,461 | #4 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
258
-45 (-15%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 333
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 | 258 | 28 | 9.2:1 | 79% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 30.8 | 8.6:1 | 78% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 26 | 9.9:1 | 75% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 27.8 | 14.0:1 | 87% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 83% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 58% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 23 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Army Trail Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (389 to 258); teachers up 1% (27.8 to 28).
About Army Trail Elementary School
Among the schools in Addison, Illinois, is Army Trail Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school counted 258 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 32% below the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Addison SD 4 is the district for Army Trail Elementary School. It has 9 schools and 3,389 students.
More than half of enrollment at Army Trail Elementary School is Hispanic: 65%. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 11% Native American, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 49 points above the 16% share among DuPage County residents. The diversity index for Army Trail Elementary School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 79% of the student body. Across public schools in DuPage County, the average is 34%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Army Trail Elementary School is 25.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.4%.
Census data for DuPage County show the median household earns about $112,096 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in DuPage County number 277, with about 138,557 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Army Trail Elementary School from the closest public school, Indian Trail Jr High School. The five-mile area around Army Trail Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Army Trail Elementary School's average proficiency of 23.4% compares with 35.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: 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, enrollment fell from 303 to 258, a 15% decline.
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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
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 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
Nearby schools
- Indian Trail Jr High School0.1 mi · 1,111
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 345
- Lake Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 294
- Wesley Elementary School1.0 mi · 220
- Fullerton Elementary School1.1 mi · 384
- Addison Trail High School1.2 mi · 1,847
Frequently asked questions
About Army Trail Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Army Trail Elementary School?
Army Trail Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Army Trail Elementary School serve?
Army Trail Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Army Trail Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Army Trail Elementary School is approximately 9.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Army Trail Elementary School?
At Army Trail Elementary School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 65% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Army Trail Elementary School public or private?
Army Trail Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Addison SD 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.